Anthropology Movies

Ãjãí is a fun game in which only the players' heads can touch the ball. This practice, shared by few indigenous peoples in the...

Globe-trotting Slovakian filmmaker Pavol Barabas explores Earth's biggest tropical island, New Guinea, in this breathtaking tour of a culture wholly...

A deep dive into contemporary Brazilian music. Guided by the composer, anthropologist and ethnomusicologist Kilza Setti and the Hésperides...

John Bishop and Naomi Bishop present a portrait a peculiar life style of the Himalayan indigenous Sherpa people in their documentary , the Himalayan...

“The barbaric negro inhabitants of an African village are shown in their various forms of activity, the first view being a photograph of a...

Ano Ravenia, a mountain village in Greece, young men leave to find work, learn a trade or serve in the Army while a young woman may leave her...

The subject is two grotesque-looking human beings who are sitting on the deck of a ship. The two weird individuals sit cross-legged and do the...

The director’s grandparents Wilhelmine, an Austrian Catholic, and Bernard, a Jewish Czechoslovakian communist, have always been part of her...

Raised in one of the most violent outskirts of Fortaleza, the Cruz brothers had their lives shaped by music to the point that their parents turned...

The Danube Delta in Romania - the 'Last European Sanctuary’ - is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. While major efforts are made to protect...

Several filmmakers discuss the introduction of Western modes of communication, especially film, to native cultures. While these tools can help a...

"Tubabs" is a nickname for foreigners, especially white ones, in the West African country of Gambia. In this documentary filmed by Mary Flannery, a...

March 2008. The renowned journal ‘Science’ publishes an article confirming that the human bones discovered in 2004 on the island of...

The film follows Ongka's struggles to accumulate huge numbers of pigs and other items of value to present at a Moka ceremony to another tribe.

A film about Mali's ancient culture, and this culture's position in the country today. Filmed with a Malian crew, cut to the beat of Malian music,...

Short documentary about the traditions, lives and culture of the Qadiri tariqa of Iran's Kurdistan

An anthropological documentary that gives voice to the Orokavia women in Papua New Guinea and shows their daily lives.

A dark and magical visit to the fabled Parisian address Rue Fontaine 42. This was the residence of André Breton, the mastermind of surrealism,...