Anthropology Movies

Men and women in the Horn of Africa and adjiacent regions of the Middle East tell stories of their relationships and contacts with demons and spirits...

The director’s grandparents Wilhelmine, an Austrian Catholic, and Bernard, a Jewish Czechoslovakian communist, have always been part of her...

About the "concheros", dancers in México City that keep aztec traditions alive.

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

Globe-trotting Slovakian filmmaker Pavol Barabas explores Earth's biggest tropical island, New Guinea, in this breathtaking tour of a culture wholly...

March 2008. The renowned journal ‘Science’ publishes an article confirming that the human bones discovered in 2004 on the island of...

"Sweet Osmanthus Flowering Late" is a feature-length ethnographic film that envisions social rejuvenation and collective convalescence in the...

A dark and magical visit to the fabled Parisian address Rue Fontaine 42. This was the residence of André Breton, the mastermind of surrealism,...

Explores the historical and contemporary significance of salt, detailing its extraction from the earth and oceans, its role in food preservation,...

"Tubabs" is a nickname for foreigners, especially white ones, in the West African country of Gambia. In this documentary filmed by Mary Flannery, a...

This film shows Madi people dancing.

Short documentary about the traditions, lives and culture of the Qadiri tariqa of Iran's Kurdistan

This is a film that shows the response of some natives to a group of gorillas that had been foraging for food in their gardens. They view the...

“The barbaric negro inhabitants of an African village are shown in their various forms of activity, the first view being a photograph of a...

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,...

An Introduction to the Primates, covers 41 species of primates ranging from the 300-gram sized pygmy slow loris to the 200-kilogram sized gorilla. At...

An insight and explanation of the Ovambo people of Angola and their smelting tradition. It highlights and examines an ongoing process that contains...

An anthropological documentary that gives voice to the Orokavia women in Papua New Guinea and shows their daily lives.