Anthropology Movies
- 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...
- 2024
Unearthed - The Mystery of the Shaman Woman
Unearthed - The Mystery of the Shaman Woman8.22024HD
One of the most significant cases in European archaeology is the grave of the shaman woman of Bad Dürrenberg, a key finding of the last...
- 2010
Secrets of the Tribe
Secrets of the Tribe6.52010HD
What happens when western anthropologists descend on the Amazon and make one of the last unacculturated tribes in existence, the Yanomami, the most...
- 2016
Wie Tiere fühlen
Wie Tiere fühlen82016HD
Do animals have feelings? Empathy even? A documentary with some insights due to advancing technology.
- 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...
- 2008
A vodou memory
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Marianne Lehmann, born in Switzerland in 1936, married a Haitian and moved to Port-au-Prince in 1957. Fascinated by voodoo cult objects, she began...
- 2014
A Venue For The End Of The World
A Venue For The End Of The World62014HD
Haunted by uncanny similarities between Nazi stage techniques and the showmanship employed by modern entertainers, a filmmaker investigates the...
- 2018
Carving Thy Faith
Carving Thy Faith102018HD
A five-year visual ethnography of traditional yet practical orchestration of Semana Santa in a small town where religious woodcarving is the...
- 2004
Kill Your Idols
Kill Your Idols7.42004HD
A 2004 documentary on thirty years of alternative rock 'n roll in NYC.Documenting the history from the genuine authenticity of No Wave to the current...
- 1972
Congo
Congo5.81972HD
An experimental ethnographic documentary that criticizes the colonizer view of anthropology.
- 2015
The Taste of the Name
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Borrowing from an anthropological study initiated through the University of California in 1969, The Taste of The Name is a fantasia on universality....
- 1972
Far from the Trees
Far from the Trees5.81972HD
An unprejudiced portrait of Spanish folklore and a crude analysis in black and white of its intimate relationship with atavism and superstition, with...
- 1953
Statues Also Die
Statues Also Die6.6931953HD
Short documentary commissioned by the magazine Présence Africaine. From the question "Why is the African in the anthropology museum while...
- 2004
Stolen Spirits of Haida Gwaii
Stolen Spirits of Haida Gwaii02004HD
Filmmaker Kevin McMahon accompanies the Haida delegation on a repatriation trip to Chicago in 2003. His film reveals the whole repatriation process...
- 2019
Bamboo Theatre
Bamboo Theatre6.82019HD
This film is a portrait of unique cultural space for Spirits, Gods and People. While permanent theatres are commonly built in most cosmopolitan...
- 2011
In The Eyes Of A Beast
In The Eyes Of A Beast82011HD
How do humans and animals see each other? Dominique Loreau captures astonishing exchanges of “views” between people and animals who...
- 1996
Margaret Mead: An Observer Observed
Margaret Mead: An Observer Observed61996HD
A documentary on the influential anthropologist Margaret Mead. Using never-before-seen archival footage, stills, interviews and dramatic...
- 1965
The Pottery Makers
The Pottery Makers71965HD
Raymundo Gleyzer's documentary on o community of Pottery Makers in the west of Cordoba province in Argentina who create pieces to sell to the...
- 2022
Dolores guapa!
Dolores guapa!4.72022HD
Religious-based images and traditions permeate the lives of all the people who inhabit Seville. Historically, the city's mariquitas ("sissies") have...
- 1962
A Joking Relationship
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This film depicts a moment of flirtation between N!ai, the young wife of /Gunda, and her great-uncle /Ti!kay. The two share a "joking relationship,"...