Movies: Anthropology

  • 1972
    Congo

    Congo (1972)

    Congo

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    An experimental ethnographic documentary that criticizes the colonizer view of anthropology....

    Congo
  • 1952
    Trance and Dance in Bali

    Trance and Dance in Bali (1952)

    Trance and Dance in Bali

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    Explores the themes of trance and dance in the rituals and religion of Bali. The famous Kris Dance is performed....

    Trance and Dance in Bali
  • 2015
    Mankind From Space

    Mankind From Space (2015)

    Mankind From Space

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    Mankind from Space is an epic journey of discovery. Using mind-boggling data and CGI, it traces humankind’s story from hunter-gatherer to dominant global species. Seen from the global perspective of space, this special shows the breath-taking extent ...

    Mankind From Space
  • 1972
    The Waterfowl People

    The Waterfowl People (1972)

    The Waterfowl People

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    A documentary about the histoy and linguistic ties of the Finno-Ugric, and Samoyedic peoples. Speakers of the Kamassian, Nenets, Khanty, Komi, Mari, and Karelian languages were filmed in their everyday settings in the late 1960s and early 1970s. T...

    The Waterfowl People
  • 1961
    A Group of Women

    A Group of Women (1961)

    A Group of Women

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    Ju/'hoan women often share an intimate sociability and spend many hours together discussing their lives, enjoying each other's company and children. In this short film, Ju/'hoan women rest, talk and nurse their babies while lying in the shade of a ba...

    A Group of Women
  • 2016
    Double Barrel

    Double Barrel (2016)

    Double Barrel

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    Double Barrel follows surf and travel journalist Angie Takanami’s journey to Peru to document Peruvian surf guide Harold Koechlin’s dream of protecting Peru’s world-class surf breaks. After a chance meeting, the two compared tales of living through n...

    Double Barrel
  • 2014
    Stonehenge Empire

    Stonehenge Empire (2014)

    Stonehenge Empire

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    For centuries, Stonehenge has been cloaked in mystery. Who built it? How did they do it? Why did they do it and what is its significance? Now, a team of archaeologists takes a high-tech approach to find out, and their discoveries will exceed all expe...

    Stonehenge Empire
  • 1969
    Louceiras

    Louceiras (1969)

    Louceiras

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    "Louceiras" portraits the daily life of the last ceramists of the Brazilian indigenous ethnic group Kariri-Xocó, who earn a living from clay. They inherit a tradition passed from mother to daughter concerning the art of choosing, manufacturing and co...

    Louceiras
  • 2021
    Nest

    Nest (2021)

    Nest

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    The real estate industry has destabilized the natural surroundings of the city of Concón, on the Chilean coast, forcing the inhabitants and landscapes of the region to find new ways to adapt and survive. “Nidal” depicts the cohabitating of species a...

    Nest
  • 1900
    Le village de Namo - Panorama pris d'une chaise à porteurs

    Le village de Namo - Panorama pris d'une chaise à porteurs (1900)

    Le village de Namo - Panorama pris d'une chaise à porteurs

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    The film is a panorama shot-scene lasting just under a minute. The panorama film, as coined by Lumière, is a moving-camera shot--usually accomplished by placing the camera on a moving transport, such as a boat or train....

    Le village de Namo - Panorama pris d'une chaise à porteurs
  • 1908
    Touaregs in Their Country

    Touaregs in Their Country (1908)

    Touaregs in Their Country

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    “The barbaric negro inhabitants of an African village are shown in their various forms of activity, the first view being a photograph of a number of children of all sizes, shapes and degrees of African beauty. Following this is a match between two gi...

    Touaregs in Their Country
  • 2018
    Carving Thy Faith

    Carving Thy Faith (2018)

    Carving Thy Faith

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    A five-year visual ethnography of traditional yet practical orchestration of Semana Santa in a small town where religious woodcarving is the livelihood. An experiential film on neocolonial Philippines’ interpretation of Saints and Gods through many f...

    Carving Thy Faith
  • 2017
    Archipelago

    Archipelago (2017)

    Archipelago

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    Men and women in the Horn of Africa and adjiacent regions of the Middle East tell stories of their relationships and contacts with demons and spirits in their life and culture....

    Archipelago
  • 2005
    Pururambo

    Pururambo (2005)

    Pururambo

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    Globe-trotting Slovakian filmmaker Pavol Barabas explores Earth's biggest tropical island, New Guinea, in this breathtaking tour of a culture wholly unfamiliar with modern civilization and with no previous contact with white people. Along the way, Ba...

    Pururambo
  • 1969
    Inside the Khmer Rouge

    Inside the Khmer Rouge (1969)

    Inside the Khmer Rouge

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    Inside the Khmer Rouge takes an in-depth look at the history, domination, and current status of the Khmer Rouge (a Communist regime) in Cambodia. The film features revealing interviews with soldiers of both the modern Khmer Rouge and those who fight ...

    Inside the Khmer Rouge
  • 1926
    The Gorilla Hunt

    The Gorilla Hunt (1926)

    The Gorilla Hunt

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    Mr. Burbridge's party slew three giant gorillas, one weighing something like 450 pounds. Two of these were sent to the Belgian Government and one to the Smithsonian Institution. The explorer also brought away with him three young gorillas, one of whi...

    The Gorilla Hunt
  • 2017
    JANBAL

    JANBAL (2017)

    JANBAL

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    From time immemorial, the people of the island used to leave the clothes of their dead to the sea, so that the mother of the sea could turn them into imaginary people. The ignorant Musa finds the gold-embroidered pieces of southern women's trousers ...

    JANBAL
  • 1952
    Amazônia Indomável

    Amazônia Indomável (1952)

    Amazônia Indomável

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    Amazônia Indomável
  • 1998
    The Life and Times of Sara Baartman

    The Life and Times of Sara Baartman (1998)

    The Life and Times of Sara Baartman

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    In 1810, 20 year old Sara Baartman got on a boat from Cape Town to London, unaware that she would never see her home again, or that she would become the icon of racial inferiority and black female sexuality for the next 100 years. Four years later, s...

    The Life and Times of Sara Baartman
  • 2015
    Swamp Dialogues

    Swamp Dialogues (2015)

    Swamp Dialogues

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    The Danube Delta in Romania - the 'Last European Sanctuary’ - is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. While major efforts are made to protect biodiversity, the plight of local communities is largely overlooked. Social scientists claim that the traumatic nat...

    Swamp Dialogues