Anthropology Movies
- 1970
The Shepherdess
The Shepherdess01970HD
“The shepherdess” is a short ethnographic film inspired by Joyce, an 80 year old woman who has spent her whole life farming in Eastern...
- 2025
Darwin's Darlings
Darwin's Darlings02025HD
Standing near the reptile section in a zoo we can learn a lot about the animals on both sides of the separating glass.
- 1974
Ongka's Big Moka
Ongka's Big Moka01974HD
The film follows Ongka's struggles to accumulate huge numbers of pigs and other items of value to present at a Moka ceremony to another tribe.
- 2024
Sweet Osmanthus Flowering Late
Sweet Osmanthus Flowering Late02024HD
"Sweet Osmanthus Flowering Late" is a feature-length ethnographic film that envisions social rejuvenation and collective convalescence in the...
- 1952
Trance and Dance in Bali
Trance and Dance in Bali5.21952HD
Explores the themes of trance and dance in the rituals and religion of Bali. The famous Kris Dance is performed.
- 1925
In the Land of Giants and Pygmies
In the Land of Giants and Pygmies61925HD
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...
- 2017
JANBAL
JANBAL02017HD
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...
- 1997
Himalayan Herders
Himalayan Herders01997HD
John Bishop and Naomi Bishop present a portrait a peculiar life style of the Himalayan indigenous Sherpa people in their documentary , the Himalayan...
- 1970
Black Fire
Black Fire81970HD
Long thought to be the first film ever made by an Indigenous filmmaker, Black Fire examines the situation of First Nations people in the early 1970s...
- 2021
Filme Hõkrepöj
Filme Hõkrepöj52021HD
A deep dive into contemporary Brazilian music. Guided by the composer, anthropologist and ethnomusicologist Kilza Setti and the Hésperides...
- 1974
Baobab Play
Baobab Play01974HD
Children and teenagers throw sticks, berries, and leaves at each other from perches in a large baobab tree.
- 1994
TimeWave Zero
TimeWave Zero4.1671994HD
Terence McKenna gives us a detailed description of his TimeWave concept and a demonstration of the software Terence originated in his early...
- 2018
The Sea Stares at Us from Afar
The Sea Stares at Us from Afar5.62018HD
Huelva, Spain, an isolated region lost in time. The grass, the sand and the sky are the same that those foreigners saw in the spring of 1895, when...
- 1970
N!owa T'ama: The Melon Tossing Game
N!owa T'ama: The Melon Tossing Game01970HD
Women from three separate Ju/'hoan bands have gathered at a mangetti grove at !O to play an intense game in which under-tones of social and personal...
- 1952
Amazônia Indomável
Amazônia Indomável01952HD
- 1913
Race Memories
Race Memories01913HD
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...
- 1970
Wild Honey
Wild Honey01970HD
- 1970
Living Memory: Six Sketches of Mali Today
Living Memory: Six Sketches of Mali Today01970HD
A film about Mali's ancient culture, and this culture's position in the country today. Filmed with a Malian crew, cut to the beat of Malian music,...
- 2013
The Fall of Womenland
The Fall of Womenland02013HD
The Fall of Womenland is a fascinating documentary on the unique sexual culture of the Mosuo people — a small minority situated in the...
- 2019
Marked
Marked82019HD
This documentary explores Nigeria's cultural practice of marking, including its origins and meaning as a symbol of identity, beauty and spirituality.