Anthropology Movies

  • 2008
    Global Metal

    Global Metal

    Global Metal

    7.32008HD

    In GLOBAL METAL, directors Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn set out to discover how the West's most maligned musical genre - heavy metal - has impacted the...

    Global Metal
  • 2011
    In The Eyes Of A Beast

    In The Eyes Of A Beast

    In The Eyes Of A Beast

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    How do humans and animals see each other? Dominique Loreau captures astonishing exchanges of “views” between people and animals who...

    In The Eyes Of A Beast
  • 1970
    Comitiva Esperança

    Comitiva Esperança

    Comitiva Esperança

    01970HD

    Comitiva Esperança
  • 1989
    Son of Torum

    Son of Torum

    Son of Torum

    01989HD

    In the same vein as Meri's other documentations, this one takes advantage of the glasnost policy to discuss the social and ecologic impact of the...

    Son of Torum
  • 2024
    Unearthed - The Mystery of the Shaman Woman

    Unearthed - The Mystery of the Shaman Woman

    Unearthed - The Mystery of the Shaman Woman

    8.22024HD

    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...

    Unearthed - The Mystery of the Shaman Woman
  • 2022
    Dolores guapa!

    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...

    Dolores guapa!
  • 1913
    Race Memories

    Race Memories

    Race Memories

    01913HD

    Denton, an anthropologist of note, meets by accident a new neighbor, an attractive girl, whose father insists upon her marriage to a man whom he...

    Race Memories
  • 2004
    Kill Your Idols

    Kill Your Idols

    Kill Your Idols

    7.42004HD

    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...

    Kill Your Idols
  • 1972
    Congo

    Congo

    Congo

    5.81972HD

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

    Congo
  • 2018
    Carving Thy Faith

    Carving Thy Faith

    Carving Thy Faith

    102018HD

    A five-year visual ethnography of traditional yet practical orchestration of Semana Santa in a small town where religious woodcarving is the...

    Carving Thy Faith
  • 2002
    Killed by Lightning

    Killed by Lightning

    Killed by Lightning

    62002HD

    An anthropologist investigates the origins of human evolution. She had suffered a mental trauma during her childhood when her father, a submarine...

    Killed by Lightning
  • 2001
    The Shaman's Apprentice

    The Shaman's Apprentice

    The Shaman's Apprentice

    02001HD

    Scientist Mark Plotkin races against time to save the ancient healing knowledge of Indian tribes from extinction.

    The Shaman's Apprentice
  • 2021
    Séfar, A City of Mysteries

    Séfar, A City of Mysteries

    Séfar, A City of Mysteries

    102021HD

    Séfar (in Arabic: سيفار) is an ancient city in the heart of the Tassili n'Ajjer mountain range in Algeria, more...

    Séfar, A City of Mysteries
  • 1983
    Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial

    Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial

    Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial

    01983HD

    "Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial" was a 1983 episode of the PBS science documentary series NOVA. It explored the field of anthropology,...

    Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial
  • 2006
    American Hardcore

    American Hardcore

    American Hardcore

    6.82006HD

    Inspired by Steven Blush's book "American Hardcore: A tribal history" Paul Rachman's feature documentary debut is a chronicle of the underground...

    American Hardcore
  • 1970
    Bomb Hunters

    Bomb Hunters

    Bomb Hunters

    01970HD

    Bomb Hunters is an engrossing examination of the micro-economy that has emerged in Cambodia from untrained civilians harvesting unexploded bombs as...

    Bomb Hunters
  • 2012
    Paralelo 10

    Paralelo 10

    Paralelo 10

    52012HD

    It portrays a pioneering and risky work carried out in a small Xinane base, by FUNAI, near Parallel 10º South, west of Acre, on the border with...

    Paralelo 10
  • 1970
    Inside the Khmer Rouge

    Inside the Khmer Rouge

    Inside the Khmer Rouge

    01970HD

    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...

    Inside the Khmer Rouge
  • 2014
    A Venue For The End Of The World

    A Venue For The End Of The World

    A Venue For The End Of The World

    62014HD

    Haunted by uncanny similarities between Nazi stage techniques and the showmanship employed by modern entertainers, a filmmaker investigates the...

    A Venue For The End Of The World
  • 1965
    The Pottery Makers

    The Pottery Makers

    The Pottery Makers

    71965HD

    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...

    The Pottery Makers