Anthropology Movies
- 2013
Residence
Residence02013HD
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...
- 2002
O Arco e a Lira
O Arco e a Lira92002HD
- 1900
Le village de Namo - Panorama pris d'une chaise à porteurs
Le village de Namo - Panorama pris d'une chaise à porteurs6.0751900HD
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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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.
- 1952
Amazônia Indomável
Amazônia Indomável01952HD
- 1974
Baobab Play
Baobab Play01974HD
Children and teenagers throw sticks, berries, and leaves at each other from perches in a large baobab tree.
- 2021
Filme Hõkrepöj
Filme Hõkrepöj52021HD
A deep dive into contemporary Brazilian music. Guided by the composer, anthropologist and ethnomusicologist Kilza Setti and the Hésperides...
- 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...
- 1970
Wild Honey
Wild Honey01970HD
- 1978
The Winds of the Milky Way
The Winds of the Milky Way7.51978HD
Sequel to the "The Waterfowl People". The author interprets the kinship, linguistic and cultural relationships of the Finno-Ugric peoples. Finns,...
- 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...
- 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.
- 2024
Stone and bag
Stone and bag02024HD
The film delves into the work processes of an archaeological team from the Aranzadi Science Society at the San Adrián Tunnel site....
- 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...
- 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...
- 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.