Ethnographical Movies

  • 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
  • 1964
    Kwaheri

    Kwaheri

    Kwaheri

    5.11964HD

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

    Kwaheri
  • 1985
    Naked Spaces: Living Is Round

    Naked Spaces: Living Is Round

    Naked Spaces: Living Is Round

    51985HD

    Shot with stunning elegance and clarity, NAKED SPACES explores the rhythm and ritual of life in the rural environments of six West African countries...

    Naked Spaces: Living Is Round
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1972
    Congo

    Congo

    Congo

    5.81972HD

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

    Congo
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1901
    Esquimaux Game of Snap-the-Whip

    Esquimaux Game of Snap-the-Whip

    Esquimaux Game of Snap-the-Whip

    51901HD

    “The picture [shows] a number of Esquimaux picking nickels from cracks in a board with their dog whips, in which sport they are very expert. In...

    Esquimaux Game of Snap-the-Whip
  • 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
  • 1899
    Danseuses cambodgiennes du roi Norodom, II

    Danseuses cambodgiennes du roi Norodom, II

    Danseuses cambodgiennes du roi Norodom, II

    61899HD

    Danseuses cambodgiennes du roi Norodom, II
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1986
    La máscara de la conquista

    La máscara de la conquista

    La máscara de la conquista

    01986HD

    The film tells two parallel stories. One, set in the present, tells of a pagent about the conquest of America, while the other, set in the 15th...

    La máscara de la conquista
  • 2023
    Lotoko

    Lotoko

    Lotoko

    02023HD

    Short ethnographic documentary showing a leopard dance based upon footage shot by director Luc de Heusch in Congo in 1954 reassembled by Damien...

    Lotoko
  • 1987
    Choqela: Only Interpretation

    Choqela: Only Interpretation

    Choqela: Only Interpretation

    01987HD

    This provocative and profound film documents the Choqela ceremony, an agricultural ritual and song of the Aymara Indians of Peru. By offering several...

    Choqela: Only Interpretation
  • 1918
    Japan in Feast

    Japan in Feast

    Japan in Feast

    6.51918HD

    An actuality film showing a Buddhist festival in Kyoto. The procession includes Buddhist monks, geishas, and others dressed coordinately to the...

    Japan in Feast
  • 2006
    Melodies of the mountains

    Melodies of the mountains

    Melodies of the mountains

    02006HD

    Film about the singing and dancing culture of the Ingush people

    Melodies of the mountains
  • 1897
    Danse d'hommes

    Danse d'hommes

    Danse d'hommes

    4.31897HD

    African men dance, sing and play instruments.

    Danse d'hommes