Anthropology Movies

  • 1926
    The Gorilla Hunt

    The Gorilla Hunt

    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 Gorilla Hunt
  • 2007
    1968 with Tom Brokaw

    1968 with Tom Brokaw

    1968 with Tom Brokaw

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    In 1968, the fury and violence of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago propelled us toward a tipping point in politics. Martin Luther King...

    1968 with Tom Brokaw
  • 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
  • 2019
    Mi Barrios Altos querido

    Mi Barrios Altos querido

    Mi Barrios Altos querido

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    Five stories about dignity in the capital of Peru. A local leader looking for someone to leave the post of her complex work, a tourist guide who is a...

    Mi Barrios Altos querido
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1912
    The Alaska-Siberian Expedition

    The Alaska-Siberian Expedition

    The Alaska-Siberian Expedition

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    Captain Kleinschmidt leads an expedition sponsored by the Carnegie Museum to the arctic regions of Alaska and Siberia to study the natives and the...

    The Alaska-Siberian Expedition
  • 1997
    Cracks in the Mask

    Cracks in the Mask

    Cracks in the Mask

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    A century ago the Torres Strait Island were the subjects of the famous Cambridge Anthropological Expedition - the resulting depletion of their...

    Cracks in the Mask
  • 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
  • 1925
    In the Land of Giants and Pygmies

    In the Land of Giants and Pygmies

    In the Land of Giants and Pygmies

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    IN THE LAND OF GIANT PYGMIES, a diary of Aurelio Rossi's 1925 trek into the immense Belgian Congo, preserves a long-gone-Colonial-era wonder at...

    In the Land of Giants and Pygmies
  • 2013
    The Fall of Womenland

    The Fall of Womenland

    The Fall of Womenland

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    The Fall of Womenland is a fascinating documentary on the unique sexual culture of the Mosuo people — a small minority situated in the...

    The Fall of Womenland
  • 1978
    Sons of Haji Omar

    Sons of Haji Omar

    Sons of Haji Omar

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    Haji Omar and his three sons belong to the Lakankhel, a Pashtoon tribal group in northeastern Afghanistan. The film focuses on his family: Haji Omar,...

    Sons of Haji Omar
  • 1969
    N/um Tchai: The Ceremonial Dance of the !Kung Bushmen

    N/um Tchai: The Ceremonial Dance of the !Kung Bushmen

    N/um Tchai: The Ceremonial Dance of the !Kung Bushmen

    01969HD

    Tchai is the word used by Ju/'hoansi to describe getting together to dance and sing; n/um can be translated as medicine, or supernatural potency. In...

    N/um Tchai: The Ceremonial Dance of the !Kung Bushmen
  • 1994
    TimeWave Zero

    TimeWave Zero

    TimeWave Zero

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    Terence McKenna gives us a detailed description of his TimeWave concept and a demonstration of the software Terence originated in his early...

    TimeWave Zero
  • 1896
    Repas d'indiens

    Repas d'indiens

    Repas d'indiens

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    Native Mexican people grouped in front of the camera.

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

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

    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...

    Le village de Namo - Panorama pris d'une chaise à porteurs
  • 2013
    Residence

    Residence

    Residence

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    This is the story of Dona Virginia, an elderly woman who awaits the expropriation of her house. Year after year, the government threatens to destroy...

    Residence
  • 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
  • 1970
    The Shepherdess

    The Shepherdess

    The Shepherdess

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    “The shepherdess” is a short ethnographic film inspired by Joyce, an 80 year old woman who has spent her whole life farming in Eastern...

    The Shepherdess