Anthropology Movies

  • 1998
    The Life and Times of Sara Baartman

    The Life and Times of Sara Baartman

    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 Life and Times of Sara Baartman
  • 2024
    Unearthed - The Mystery of the Shaman Woman

    Unearthed - The Mystery of the Shaman Woman

    Unearthed - The Mystery of the Shaman Woman

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    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
  • 2010
    Secrets of the Tribe

    Secrets of the Tribe

    Secrets of the Tribe

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    What happens when western anthropologists descend on the Amazon and make one of the last unacculturated tribes in existence, the Yanomami, the most...

    Secrets of the Tribe
  • 2016
    Wie Tiere fühlen

    Wie Tiere fühlen

    Wie Tiere fühlen

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    Do animals have feelings? Empathy even? A documentary with some insights due to advancing technology.

    Wie Tiere fühlen
  • 2016
    Double Barrel

    Double Barrel

    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...

    Double Barrel
  • 2008
    A vodou memory

    A vodou memory

    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...

    A vodou memory
  • 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

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    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
  • 2018
    Carving Thy Faith

    Carving Thy Faith

    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...

    Carving Thy Faith
  • 2004
    Kill Your Idols

    Kill Your Idols

    Kill Your Idols

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    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

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

    Congo
  • 2015
    The Taste of the Name

    The Taste of the Name

    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....

    The Taste of the Name
  • 1972
    Far from the Trees

    Far from the Trees

    Far from the Trees

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    An unprejudiced portrait of Spanish folklore and a crude analysis in black and white of its intimate relationship with atavism and superstition, with...

    Far from the Trees
  • 1953
    Statues Also Die

    Statues Also Die

    Statues Also Die

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    Short documentary commissioned by the magazine Présence Africaine. From the question "Why is the African in the anthropology museum while...

    Statues Also Die
  • 2004
    Stolen Spirits of Haida Gwaii

    Stolen Spirits of Haida Gwaii

    Stolen Spirits of Haida Gwaii

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    Filmmaker Kevin McMahon accompanies the Haida delegation on a repatriation trip to Chicago in 2003. His film reveals the whole repatriation process...

    Stolen Spirits of Haida Gwaii
  • 2019
    Bamboo Theatre

    Bamboo Theatre

    Bamboo Theatre

    6.82019HD

    This film is a portrait of unique cultural space for Spirits, Gods and People. While permanent theatres are commonly built in most cosmopolitan...

    Bamboo Theatre
  • 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
  • 1996
    Margaret Mead: An Observer Observed

    Margaret Mead: An Observer Observed

    Margaret Mead: An Observer Observed

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    A documentary on the influential anthropologist Margaret Mead. Using never-before-seen archival footage, stills, interviews and dramatic...

    Margaret Mead: An Observer Observed
  • 1965
    The Pottery Makers

    The Pottery Makers

    The Pottery Makers

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    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
  • 2022
    Dolores guapa!

    Dolores guapa!

    Dolores guapa!

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    Religious-based images and traditions permeate the lives of all the people who inhabit Seville. Historically, the city's mariquitas ("sissies") have...

    Dolores guapa!
  • 1962
    A Joking Relationship

    A Joking Relationship

    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,"...

    A Joking Relationship