Ethnographical Movies
- 2018
Carving Thy Faith
Carving Thy Faith102018HD
A five-year visual ethnography of traditional yet practical orchestration of Semana Santa in a small town where religious woodcarving is the...
- 1972
Congo
Congo5.81972HD
An experimental ethnographic documentary that criticizes the colonizer view of anthropology.
- 1973
The Sannikov Land
The Sannikov Land6.21973HD
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...
- 1897
Barrage du Nil
Barrage du Nil4.81897HD
Travellers, nomads and salesmen make their way along a dam next to the Nile.
- 1957
Journey Beyond Three Seas
Journey Beyond Three Seas5.71957HD
This first co-production of the Soviet and Indian cinematographers is dedicated to the Tver merchant Afanasy Nikitin who in 1466-1472 blazed the...
- 2017
Ghostland: The View of the Ju'Hoansi
Ghostland: 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...
- 1981
A Wife Among Wives
A 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...
- 1991
Broken Youth
Broken Youth41991HD
Two parallel stories about unhappy marriages that take place during inter-war period in the Banat village within Romanian ethnic minority in Serbia.
- 1970
Himalayan Pilgrimage
Himalayan Pilgrimage01970HD
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...
- 2023
Burial among the Tetela
Burial among the Tetela02023HD
Short ethnographic documentary on the Tetela tribe in Congo based upon footage and commentary by director Luc de Heusch from 1953 reassembled by...
- 1964
Kwaheri
Kwaheri5.11964HD
Early Mondo film featuring primitive rituals, animals being butchered, unusual birth defects, and a legit trepanation scene.
- 2002
Dukas Dilemma
Dukas Dilemma02002HD
- 1975
Wheat Cycle
Wheat Cycle01975HD
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,...
- 1965
He Is God
He Is God01965HD
About the "concheros", dancers in México City that keep aztec traditions alive.
- 1911
Banks of the Nile
Banks of the Nile51911HD
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...
- 1978
Euskal herri-musika
Euskal herri-musika01978HD
An ethnographic documentary which looks at the relationship between music and work in predominantly rural cultures. It depicts the lives of...
- 2006
Mountain Town
Mountain Town02006HD
This documentary looks at the stories of a few people in Aspen Colorado and how they contribute to the community.
- 1957
The Hunters
The Hunters6.11957HD
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...
- 1947
Without Prejudice
Without Prejudice71947HD
The film was made on the basis of the literary version of events in the life of the famous Russian ethnographer, anthropologist, biologist and...
- 1982
Asante Market Women
Asante Market Women101982HD
As retailers, wholesalers, and negotiators, Asante women of Ghana dominate the huge Kumasi Central Market amid the laughter, argument, colour and...