Anthropology Movies

  • 1973
    The Naked Ape

    The Naked Ape

    The Naked Ape

    4.21973HD

    Somewhat based on Desmond Morris's fascinating book of pop anthropology, this partially animated satirical docudrama produced by Playboy Magazine...

    The Naked Ape
  • 2021
    Séfar, A City of Mysteries

    Séfar, A City of Mysteries

    Séfar, A City of Mysteries

    102021HD

    Séfar (in Arabic: سيفار) is an ancient city in the heart of the Tassili n'Ajjer mountain range in Algeria, more...

    Séfar, A City of Mysteries
  • 1984
    Iceman

    Iceman

    Iceman

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    A team of Arctic researchers find a 40,000 year-old man frozen in ice and bring him back to life. Anthropologist Dr. Stanley Shephard wants to...

    Iceman
  • 1998
    Krippendorf's Tribe

    Krippendorf's Tribe

    Krippendorf's Tribe

    4.61998HD

    After squandering his grant money, despondent and recently widowed anthropologist James Krippendorf must produce hard evidence of the existence of a...

    Krippendorf's Tribe
  • 2002
    Killed by Lightning

    Killed by Lightning

    Killed by Lightning

    62002HD

    An anthropologist investigates the origins of human evolution. She had suffered a mental trauma during her childhood when her father, a submarine...

    Killed by Lightning
  • 1925
    In the Land of Giants and Pygmies

    In the Land of Giants and Pygmies

    In the Land of Giants and Pygmies

    61925HD

    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...

    In the Land of Giants and Pygmies
  • 1982
    Burden of Dreams

    Burden of Dreams

    Burden of Dreams

    7.51982HD

    The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director Werner Herzog, soon finds itself with problems...

    Burden of Dreams
  • 1997
    Cracks in the Mask

    Cracks in the Mask

    Cracks in the Mask

    01997HD

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

    Cracks in the Mask
  • 2025
    Grandma in Two Dimensions: Memories, Images and Stories of Faith

    Grandma in Two Dimensions: Memories, Images and Stories of Faith

    Grandma in Two Dimensions: Memories, Images and Stories of Faith

    02025HD

    A young anthropologist reflects on her late grandmother's religious background.

    Grandma in Two Dimensions: Memories, Images and Stories of Faith
  • 2006
    The Fox Family

    The Fox Family

    The Fox Family

    5.72006HD

    The Kumiho family circus in town -- and with it, apparently, a mysterious murderer. The members of motherless family aren’t helping their case...

    The Fox Family
  • 1929
    The Wild Party

    The Wild Party

    The Wild Party

    6.71929HD

    Wild girls at a college pay more attention to parties than their classes. But when one party girl, Stella Ames, goes too far at a local bar and gets...

    The Wild Party
  • 1965
    The Pottery Makers

    The Pottery Makers

    The Pottery Makers

    71965HD

    Raymundo Gleyzer's documentary on o community of Pottery Makers in the west of Cordoba province in Argentina who create pieces to sell to the...

    The Pottery Makers
  • 2004
    Kill Your Idols

    Kill Your Idols

    Kill Your Idols

    7.32004HD

    A 2004 documentary on thirty years of alternative rock 'n roll in NYC.Documenting the history from the genuine authenticity of No Wave to the current...

    Kill Your Idols
  • 1953
    Statues Also Die

    Statues Also Die

    Statues Also Die

    6.81953HD

    Commissioned by the journal Présence Africaine, this short documentary examines how African art is devalued and alienated through colonial and...

    Statues Also Die
  • 2019
    Bamboo Theatre

    Bamboo Theatre

    Bamboo Theatre

    6.82019HD

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

    Bamboo Theatre
  • 2010
    Secrets of the Tribe

    Secrets of the Tribe

    Secrets of the Tribe

    6.92010HD

    What happens when western anthropologists descend on the Amazon and make one of the last unacculturated tribes in existence, the Yanomami, the most...

    Secrets of the Tribe
  • 1970
    N!owa T'ama: The Melon Tossing Game

    N!owa T'ama: The Melon Tossing Game

    N!owa T'ama: The Melon Tossing Game

    01970HD

    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...

    N!owa T'ama: The Melon Tossing Game
  • 2018
    Museo

    Museo

    Museo

    6.5412018HD

    Mexico, 1985. Juan and Wilson, two perennial Veterinary students, perpetrate an audacious heist in the National Museum of Anthropology, running away...

    Museo
  • 2006
    Bomb Hunters

    Bomb Hunters

    Bomb Hunters

    02006HD

    Bomb Hunters is an engrossing examination of the micro-economy that has emerged in Cambodia from untrained civilians harvesting unexploded bombs as...

    Bomb Hunters
  • 1970
    Wild Honey

    Wild Honey

    Wild Honey

    01970HD

    Wild Honey