Anthropology Movies

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...

Native Mexican people grouped in front of the camera.

Levi Dante is a worm who lives in the left ventricle of the heart - the only world he has ever known. One day he unexpectedly gets ejected out and...

Scientist Mark Plotkin races against time to save the ancient healing knowledge of Indian tribes from extinction.

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...

Several filmmakers discuss the introduction of Western modes of communication, especially film, to native cultures. While these tools can help a...

A short film on Gnawa trance shot in south Morocco.

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,...

Biography of the ideas and teachings of Marcel Mauss, considered the founder of Anthropology who lived and wrote in the first half of the 20th...

A celebration of the diversity of Ethiopia's culture and wildlife. It journeys from North to South - spanning mountains, rainforests and the hottest...

Five stories about dignity in the capital of Peru. A local leader looking for someone to leave the post of her complex work, a tourist guide who is a...

Tchai is the word used by Ju/'hoansi to describe getting together to dance and sing; n/um can be translated as medicine, or supernatural potency. In...

A century ago the Torres Strait Island were the subjects of the famous Cambridge Anthropological Expedition - the resulting depletion of their...

The film delves into the work processes of an archaeological team from the Aranzadi Science Society at the San Adrián Tunnel site....

"Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial" was a 1983 episode of the PBS science documentary series NOVA. It explored the field of anthropology,...

The subject is two grotesque-looking human beings who are sitting on the deck of a ship. The two weird individuals sit cross-legged and do the...

Kuldeep is in love, but the girl he wants to marry comes from a more prestigious caste than him. And no matter how much Kuldeep begs the goddess Kali...

This film is a portrait of unique cultural space for Spirits, Gods and People. While permanent theatres are commonly built in most cosmopolitan...

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.