Ethnographic Film Movies
- 2011
Savage Memory
Savage Memory02011HD
Founding father of Anthropology, Bronislaw Malinowski's work raises powerful and disturbing questions today. This is a look at his legacy and the...
- 1926
Moana
Moana6.61926HD
Robert J. Flaherty's South Seas follow-up to Nanook of the North is a Gauguin idyll moved by "pride of beauty... pride of strength."
- 2025
Behind the Shadows
Behind the Shadows102025HD
The Greek shadow puppetry began 130 years ago. A student of Greek shadow puppetry travels to China, where shadow puppetry began over 2000 years ago....
- 2021
The Bounty Hunter of Mongolia
The Bounty Hunter of Mongolia82021HD
In the Darhat valley in northern Mongolia, the horses of nomadic tribes are stolen by bandits who then sell them to Russian slaughterhouses....
- 2019
Color-Blind
Color-Blind42019HD
A synaesthetic portrait made between French Polynesia and Brittany, Color-blind follows the restless ghost of Gauguin in excavating the colonial...
- 1982
Asante Market Women
Asante Market Women101982HD
As retailers, wholesalers, and negotiators, Asante women of Ghana dominate the huge Kumasi Central Market amid the laughter, argument, colour and...
- 2010
Amin
Amin02010HD
AMIN portrays Qashqai musician Amin Aghaie, a young modern nomad and his family who despite facing steep financial, cultural and political obstacles...
- 2024
Ainu Puri
Ainu Puri02024HD
Shigeki, one of the Ainu people of northern Japan, follows the traditions of his ancestors and teaches his son Motoki about their heritage. But how...
- 1974
An Afghan Village
An Afghan Village01974HD
A collage of daily life in Aq Kupruk builds from the single voice that calls the townspeople to prayer, the brisk exchange of the baazar, communal...
- 2021
Ainu Neno An Ainu
Ainu Neno An Ainu02021HD
This documentary started as part of a photography project about the indigenous Ainu population in northern Japan, portraying people from tightly knit...
- 2017
Ghostland: The View of the Ju'Hoansi
Ghostland: The View of the Ju'Hoansi8.32017HD
Remember the culture clash in THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY? This time it's real. One of the most ancient cultures on our planet is undergoing a major...
- 1970
Pylon
Pylon01970HD
A young woman achieves cone consciousness.
- 2008
A vodou memory
A vodou memory02008HD
Marianne Lehmann, born in Switzerland in 1936, married a Haitian and moved to Port-au-Prince in 1957. Fascinated by voodoo cult objects, she began...
- 1981
A Wife Among Wives
A Wife Among Wives61981HD
David and Judith MacDougall are exploring the marriage rituals and roles of Turkana women in this ethnographic documentary. The film's biggest part...
- 1993
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti6.2351993HD
This intimate ethnographic study of Voudoun dances and rituals was shot by Maya Deren during her years in Haiti (1947-1951); she never edited the...
- 1986
Forest of Bliss
Forest of Bliss6.51986HD
Forest of Bliss is an unsparing yet redemptive account of the inevitable griefs, religious passions and frequent happinesses that punctuate daily...
- 1970
The Nuer
The Nuer5.51970HD
Portrays the Nuer, Nilotic herdsmen of the Nile basin. Shows how their daily lives revolve about their cattle, and depicts the psychological bonds...
- 1968
Yenendi de Ganghel (Rain Dance at Ganghel)
Yenendi de Ganghel (Rain Dance at Ganghel)01968HD
Lightning struck the hut of a Fulani shepherd near a village of settled fishermen, Ganghel, in Niger. A yenendi, a purification ceremony to obtain...
- 1956
Horizontes de piedra
Horizontes de piedra01956HD
In Cerro Bayo, a mountainous region of Patagonia on the Chilean border, a Kolla Indian falls in love with a girl from another village. His mother...
- 1988
The Bapst Brothers, Carriers
The Bapst Brothers, Carriers01988HD
The Bapst Brothers: Romain, Maurice and Jacques – whom we will also meet in The Gruyere Chronicle (produced in 1990) – are peasants and...