Traditional Culture Movies

  • 1993
    Monday's Girls

    Monday's Girls

    Monday's Girls

    01993HD

    "Monday's Girls" explores the conflict between modern individualism and traditional communities in today's Africa through the eyes of two young...

    Monday's Girls
  • 1970
    Arkadia

    Arkadia

    Arkadia

    01970HD

    In a world where farming is mechanized and farm animals are fed with products coming from across the globe, a young shepherd is trying to keep his...

    Arkadia
  • 1985
    Comitiva Esperança

    Comitiva Esperança

    Comitiva Esperança

    01985HD

    Comitiva Esperança
  • 2024
    The Drunkmen’s Marseillaise

    The Drunkmen’s Marseillaise

    The Drunkmen’s Marseillaise

    82024HD

    In the summer of 1961, a group of young Italian anthropologists made a clandestine journey through Spain, in order to record popular songs that...

    The Drunkmen’s Marseillaise
  • 2024
    Bhutan: Following in the Footsteps of Matthieu Ricard

    Bhutan: Following in the Footsteps of Matthieu Ricard

    Bhutan: Following in the Footsteps of Matthieu Ricard

    82024HD

    Buddhist monk and photographer Matthieu Picard as he returns to the Asian country in the Himalayas where he spent a decade after seven years away,...

    Bhutan: Following in the Footsteps of Matthieu Ricard
  • 2024
    In the Lands of Mist

    In the Lands of Mist

    In the Lands of Mist

    82024HD

    Does Europe also have its own animistic heritage, like Pachamama in South America and Shinto in Japan? If so, which one? In the Misty Lands, i.e....

    In the Lands of Mist
  • 2022
    A Taste of Whale

    A Taste of Whale

    A Taste of Whale

    92022HD

    In the Faroe Islands, hundreds of pilot whales are slaughtered each year in a hunt known as the “Grind.” This gruesome tradition has...

    A Taste of Whale
  • 2021
    Young Masters: Yingge Boys

    Young Masters: Yingge Boys

    Young Masters: Yingge Boys

    02021HD

    Young Masters is an original series commissioned by NOWNESS China focusing on traditional Chinese cultures, and how they continue to be defined by a...

    Young Masters: Yingge Boys
  • 2025
    En avant guinguette!

    En avant guinguette!

    En avant guinguette!

    02025HD

    En avant guinguette!
  • 2012
    Mestre Edison Carneiro

    Mestre Edison Carneiro

    Mestre Edison Carneiro

    02012HD

    Video dedicated to the celebration of the centenary of Edison Carneiro’s birth, one of the great exponents of folklore studies in Brazil, whose...

    Mestre Edison Carneiro
  • 1970
    DOUBOUT OUBIEN MÔ

    DOUBOUT OUBIEN MÔ

    DOUBOUT OUBIEN MÔ

    01970HD

    Since August 2024, in Martinique, a popular protest movement against the high cost of living has been reemerging under the leadership of the RPPRAC...

    DOUBOUT OUBIEN MÔ
  • 2024
    Tulang Belulang Tulang

    Tulang Belulang Tulang

    Tulang Belulang Tulang

    6.32024HD

    A Batak family plans to perform Mangokal Holi — a ceremony to honor ancestors. However, chaos erupts when their great grandfather's skeleton is...

    Tulang Belulang Tulang
  • 1981
    The Sand Island Story

    The Sand Island Story

    The Sand Island Story

    01981HD

    This short documentary chronicles a four-month period between 1979 and 1980 when residents of Hawaii's Sand Island "squatter" community attempted to...

    The Sand Island Story
  • 2021
    Bachiranun

    Bachiranun

    Bachiranun

    5.52021HD

    On Yonaguni Island, the westernmost island of Japan, there is a language in danger of disappearing. How far can we take the language, culture and...

    Bachiranun
  • 2018
    Ma'ohi Nui: In the Heart of the Ocean My Country Lies

    Ma'ohi Nui: In the Heart of the Ocean My Country Lies

    Ma'ohi Nui: In the Heart of the Ocean My Country Lies

    82018HD

    For thirty years in the late-twentieth century, the people of Tahiti survived dozens of offshore nuclear tests by the French government. Since the...

    Ma'ohi Nui: In the Heart of the Ocean My Country Lies
  • 2005
    Inchiodato

    Inchiodato

    Inchiodato

    102005HD

    In northern Albania, ancestral customs still exist, governing the laws of vendetta between families. Sometimes, for generations, an old feud has...

    Inchiodato
  • 2001
    Ordinary Things

    Ordinary Things

    Ordinary Things

    02001HD

    A short documentary about everyday objects, the people who used them, and the beauty of that use. From the video description: "An encounter with the...

    Ordinary Things
  • 1995
    Kodō: Live at the Acropolis

    Kodō: Live at the Acropolis

    Kodō: Live at the Acropolis

    81995HD

    Live action documentary footage of a concert by the Kodo drummers of Japan at the Acropolis, Greece, in 1995, with commentary by members of the drum...

    Kodō: Live at the Acropolis
  • 2019
    Uttarakhand, aux sources du Gange

    Uttarakhand, aux sources du Gange

    Uttarakhand, aux sources du Gange

    7.52019HD

    Uttarakhand, aux sources du Gange
  • 2023
    Beyond Tradition – The Power of Yodelling and Yoiking

    Beyond Tradition – The Power of Yodelling and Yoiking

    Beyond Tradition – The Power of Yodelling and Yoiking

    92023HD

    What is tradition? This is the question posed by yodeller and food researcher Meinrad Koch from Canton Appenzell. In search of an answer, he embarks...

    Beyond Tradition – The Power of Yodelling and Yoiking