Ethnographic Film Movies

  • 1994
    Germaine chez elle

    Germaine chez elle

    Germaine chez elle

    01994HD

    In front of Jean Rouch's camera, Germaine Dieterlen recalls her ethnographic itinerary, at the Musée de l'Homme, in Mali and in the Paris of...

    Germaine chez elle
  • 2013
    Following the Peacock

    Following the Peacock

    Following the Peacock

    02013HD

    This anthropological documentary introduces the Yezidis, a little-known minority of Northern Iraq, and follows the tour of their most sacred object,...

    Following the Peacock
  • 1982
    Asante Market Women

    Asante Market Women

    Asante Market Women

    101982HD

    As retailers, wholesalers, and negotiators, Asante women of Ghana dominate the huge Kumasi Central Market amid the laughter, argument, colour and...

    Asante Market Women
  • 2010
    Amin

    Amin

    Amin

    02010HD

    AMIN portrays Qashqai musician Amin Aghaie, a young modern nomad and his family who despite facing steep financial, cultural and political obstacles...

    Amin
  • 2021
    The Bounty Hunter of Mongolia

    The Bounty Hunter of Mongolia

    The Bounty Hunter of Mongolia

    82021HD

    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
  • 2025
    Behind the Shadows

    Behind the Shadows

    Behind the Shadows

    102025HD

    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....

    Behind the Shadows
  • 2017
    Ghostland: The View of the Ju'Hoansi

    Ghostland: The View of the Ju'Hoansi

    Ghostland: The View of the Ju'Hoansi

    8.32017HD

    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 Memory

    Savage Memory

    Savage Memory

    02011HD

    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
  • 1972
    Mi hijo Ceferino Namuncurá

    Mi hijo Ceferino Namuncurá

    Mi hijo Ceferino Namuncurá

    01972HD

    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
  • 1986
    Forest of Bliss

    Forest of Bliss

    Forest of Bliss

    6.51986HD

    Forest of Bliss is an unsparing yet redemptive account of the inevitable griefs, religious passions and frequent happinesses that punctuate daily...

    Forest of Bliss
  • 2019
    Color-Blind

    Color-Blind

    Color-Blind

    42019HD

    A synaesthetic portrait made between French Polynesia and Brittany, Color-blind follows the restless ghost of Gauguin in excavating the colonial...

    Color-Blind
  • 1970
    The Nuer

    The Nuer

    The Nuer

    5.51970HD

    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
  • 1974
    Afghan Nomads (The Maldar)

    Afghan Nomads (The Maldar)

    Afghan Nomads (The Maldar)

    01974HD

    At dawn a nomad caravan descends on Aq Kupruk from the foothills of the Hindu Kush. In their camp, and in commerce with the townspeople, the Maldar...

    Afghan Nomads (The Maldar)
  • 1953
    Come Back, Sebastiana

    Come Back, Sebastiana

    Come Back, Sebastiana

    51953HD

    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
  • 2000
    Tuo Dolphins

    Tuo Dolphins

    Tuo Dolphins

    02000HD

    On the night of 3 August 1996 a school of striped dolphins ran ashore near the village of Tuo on Ngasinue/Fenualoa Island in the Reef Islands...

    Tuo Dolphins
  • 1970
    Pylon

    Pylon

    Pylon

    01970HD

    A young woman achieves cone consciousness.

    Pylon
  • 2022
    Pileni paualala. Dried giant clams in the Reef Islands

    Pileni paualala. Dried giant clams in the Reef Islands

    Pileni paualala. Dried giant clams in the Reef Islands

    02022HD

    The Reef Islands Ethnographic Film Project was started in 1994 by the two anthropologists, Jens Pinholt and Peter I. Crawford, and village...

    Pileni paualala. Dried giant clams in the Reef Islands
  • 2021
    The Lyrical Rongdanis

    The Lyrical Rongdanis

    The Lyrical Rongdanis

    02021HD

    A musical documentary woven around the endangered musical culture of the Rangdani Rabhas from Manikganj, Meghalaya, North East India.

    The Lyrical Rongdanis
  • 1974
    An Afghan Village

    An Afghan Village

    An Afghan Village

    01974HD

    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...

    An Afghan Village
  • 2026
    Una dança non sancta

    Una dança non sancta

    Una dança non sancta

    02026HD

    Una dança non sancta