Anthropology Movies
- 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...
- 1978
Sons of Haji Omar
Sons of Haji Omar01978HD
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,...
- 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...
- 2018
Etched in Bone
Etched in Bone02018HD
Drawing on original footage from National Geographic, Etched in Bone explores the impact of one notorious bone theft by a member of the 1948...
- 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.
- 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...
- 2015
Swamp Dialogues
Swamp Dialogues02015HD
The Danube Delta in Romania - the 'Last European Sanctuary’ - is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. While major efforts are made to protect...
- 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...
- 1952
Amazônia Indomável
Amazônia Indomável01952HD
- 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.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 1983
Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial
Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial01983HD
"Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial" was a 1983 episode of the PBS science documentary series NOVA. It explored the field of anthropology,...
- 2007
1968 with Tom Brokaw
1968 with Tom Brokaw4.52007HD
In 1968, the fury and violence of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago propelled us toward a tipping point in politics. Martin Luther King...
- 2025
Grandma in Two Dimensions: Memories, Images and Stories of Faith
Grandma in Two Dimensions: Memories, Images and Stories of Faith02025HD
A young anthropologist reflects on her late grandmother's religious background.
- 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,...
- 2015
Mankind From Space
Mankind From Space72015HD
Mankind from Space is an epic journey of discovery. Using mind-boggling data and CGI, it traces humankind’s story from hunter-gatherer to...
- 1972
The Waterfowl People
The Waterfowl People71972HD
A documentary about the histoy and linguistic ties of the Finno-Ugric, and Samoyedic peoples. Speakers of the Kamassian, Nenets, Khanty, Komi, Mari,...
- 1926
The Gorilla Hunt
The Gorilla Hunt01926HD
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...