Ethnographic Film Movies
- 2021 Ainu Neno An AinuAinu 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... ![Ainu Neno An Ainu]() 
- 1956 Horizontes de piedraHorizontes 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... ![Horizontes de piedra]() 
- 1926 MoanaMoana6.61926HD Robert J. Flaherty’s follow-up to Nanook of the North shifts from the Arctic to the South Seas, portraying Samoan village life with a painterly... ![Moana]() 
- 2018 Harlem School 1970Harlem School 197002018HD A unique 'direct cinema' feature length documentary (no narration or interviews) originally filmed in the Spring of 1970 and concluded during the... ![Harlem School 1970]() 
- 1963 AttiukAttiuk01963HD The people of Unamenshipu (La Romaine), an Innu community in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, are seen but not heard in this richly detailed... ![Attiuk]() 
- 1981 A Wife Among WivesA 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... ![A Wife Among Wives]() 
- 2024 Ainu PuriAinu 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... ![Ainu Puri]() 
- 1972 Mi hijo Ceferino NamuncuráMi hijo Ceferino Namuncurá01972HD Biopic of Ceferino Namuncurá (1886-1905), son of a Mapuche cacique and a white woman, and the first Indian of South America to be beatified.... ![Mi hijo Ceferino Namuncurá]() 
- 2021 The Bounty Hunter of MongoliaThe 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.... ![The Bounty Hunter of Mongolia]() 
- 2019 Color-BlindColor-Blind42019HD A synaesthetic portrait made between French Polynesia and Brittany, Color-blind follows the restless ghost of Gauguin in excavating the colonial... ![Color-Blind]() 
- 1962 HampiHampi01962HD A ritual vase, the hampi, is placed in the center of the Musée de plein air de la République du Niger in Niamey, during a ritual... ![Hampi]() 
- 1970 The NuerThe 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... ![The Nuer]() 
- 1970 Encounters in YakutiaEncounters in Yakutia01970HD Taking the form of a travel diary of a television journalist, this documentary tells about the life and work of the people of Yakutia: pilots,... ![Encounters in Yakutia]() 
- 1977 Hommage à Marcel Mauss. Germaine DieterlenHommage à Marcel Mauss. Germaine Dieterlen01977HD Germaine Dierterlen talks about Dogon mythology at a conference on the Bandiagara cliffs. The Songo canopy is a sacred site in Bandiagara. Its walls... ![Hommage à Marcel Mauss. Germaine Dieterlen]() 
- 1953 Come Back, SebastianaCome Back, Sebastiana51953HD The story of a poor girl who leaves her starving family and sheep for a more prosperous village. Her grandfather finds her and tries to convince her... ![Come Back, Sebastiana]() 
- 1922 Las Hurdes, país de leyendaLas Hurdes, país de leyenda41922HD An account of the journey that King Alfonso XIII of Spain made to the impoverished shire of Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in the... ![Las Hurdes, país de leyenda]() 
- 1986 Forest of BlissForest of Bliss6.51986HD Forest of Bliss is an unsparing yet redemptive account of the inevitable griefs, religious passions and frequent happinesses that punctuate daily... ![Forest of Bliss]() 
- 1993 Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of HaitiDivine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti6.21993HD 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... ![Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti]() 
- 2017 Ghostland: The View of the Ju'HoansiGhostland: 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... ![Ghostland: The View of the Ju'Hoansi]() 
- 2011 Savage MemorySavage Memory02011HD Founding father of Anthropology, Bronislaw Malinowski's work raises powerful and disturbing questions today. This is a look at his legacy and the... ![Savage Memory]() 




















