Anthropology Movies
- 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.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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.
- 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...
- 1952
Amazônia Indomável
Amazônia Indomável01952HD
- 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...
- 1998
The Life and Times of Sara Baartman
The Life and Times of Sara Baartman01998HD
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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 2021
Filme Hõkrepöj
Filme Hõkrepöj52021HD
A deep dive into contemporary Brazilian music. Guided by the composer, anthropologist and ethnomusicologist Kilza Setti and the Hésperides...
- 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...
- 1974
Baobab Play
Baobab Play01974HD
Children and teenagers throw sticks, berries, and leaves at each other from perches in a large baobab tree.
- 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...
- 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.
- 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,...
- 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...
- 2014
Stonehenge Empire
Stonehenge Empire02014HD
For centuries, Stonehenge has been cloaked in mystery. Who built it? How did they do it? Why did they do it and what is its significance? Now, a team...
- 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.