Ethnographical Movies

  • 2018
    Carving Thy Faith

    Carving Thy Faith

    Carving Thy Faith

    102018HD

    A five-year visual ethnography of traditional yet practical orchestration of Semana Santa in a small town where religious woodcarving is the...

    Carving Thy Faith
  • 1972
    Congo

    Congo

    Congo

    5.81972HD

    An experimental ethnographic documentary that criticizes the colonizer view of anthropology.

    Congo
  • 1973
    The Sannikov Land

    The Sannikov Land

    The Sannikov Land

    6.21973HD

    A group of people setting out to find a previously assumed land and upon reaching it, not knowing how to deal with the customs of the place, have to...

    The Sannikov Land
  • 1897
    Barrage du Nil

    Barrage du Nil

    Barrage du Nil

    4.81897HD

    Travellers, nomads and salesmen make their way along a dam next to the Nile.

    Barrage du Nil
  • 1957
    Journey Beyond Three Seas

    Journey Beyond Three Seas

    Journey Beyond Three Seas

    5.71957HD

    This first co-production of the Soviet and Indian cinematographers is dedicated to the Tver merchant Afanasy Nikitin who in 1466-1472 blazed the...

    Journey Beyond Three Seas
  • 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
  • 1981
    A Wife Among Wives

    A Wife Among Wives

    A Wife Among Wives

    61981HD

    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
  • 1991
    Broken Youth

    Broken Youth

    Broken Youth

    41991HD

    Two parallel stories about unhappy marriages that take place during inter-war period in the Banat village within Romanian ethnic minority in Serbia.

    Broken Youth
  • 1970
    Himalayan Pilgrimage

    Himalayan Pilgrimage

    Himalayan Pilgrimage

    01970HD

    A 16-minute short shot with a totally subjective eye; conveys the mythic life sense and social elements of a people who live in the world's highest...

    Himalayan Pilgrimage
  • 2023
    Burial among the Tetela

    Burial among the Tetela

    Burial among the Tetela

    02023HD

    Short ethnographic documentary on the Tetela tribe in Congo based upon footage and commentary by director Luc de Heusch from 1953 reassembled by...

    Burial among the Tetela
  • 1964
    Kwaheri

    Kwaheri

    Kwaheri

    5.11964HD

    Early Mondo film featuring primitive rituals, animals being butchered, unusual birth defects, and a legit trepanation scene.

    Kwaheri
  • 2002
    Dukas Dilemma

    Dukas Dilemma

    Dukas Dilemma

    02002HD

    Dukas Dilemma
  • 1975
    Wheat Cycle

    Wheat Cycle

    Wheat Cycle

    01975HD

    The people and their labor are bound to the land in the cycle of activities to the sowing to the harvesting of wheat. Without narration or subtitles,...

    Wheat Cycle
  • 1965
    He Is God

    He Is God

    He Is God

    01965HD

    About the "concheros", dancers in México City that keep aztec traditions alive.

    He Is God
  • 1911
    Banks of the Nile

    Banks of the Nile

    Banks of the Nile

    51911HD

    With a dual motion a cruise ship and a fishing boat pass one another on the Nile and butlers in turbans set up a wooden gangway. Thanks to a rope and...

    Banks of the Nile
  • 1978
    Euskal herri-musika

    Euskal herri-musika

    Euskal herri-musika

    01978HD

    An ethnographic documentary which looks at the relationship between music and work in predominantly rural cultures. It depicts the lives of...

    Euskal herri-musika
  • 2006
    Mountain Town

    Mountain Town

    Mountain Town

    02006HD

    This documentary looks at the stories of a few people in Aspen Colorado and how they contribute to the community.

    Mountain Town
  • 1957
    The Hunters

    The Hunters

    The Hunters

    6.11957HD

    An ethnographic film that documents the efforts of four !Kung men (also known as Ju/'hoansi or Bushmen) to hunt a giraffe in the Kalahari Desert of...

    The Hunters
  • 1947
    Without Prejudice

    Without Prejudice

    Without Prejudice

    71947HD

    The film was made on the basis of the literary version of events in the life of the famous Russian ethnographer, anthropologist, biologist and...

    Without Prejudice
  • 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