Anthropology Movies
- 2024
Unearthed - The Mystery of the Shaman Woman
Unearthed - The Mystery of the Shaman Woman8.22024HD
One of the most significant cases in European archaeology is the grave of the shaman woman of Bad Dürrenberg, a key finding of the last...
- 2016
Wie Tiere fühlen
Wie Tiere fühlen82016HD
Do animals have feelings? Empathy even? A documentary with some insights due to advancing technology.
- 1972
Far from the Trees
Far from the Trees5.81972HD
An unprejudiced portrait of Spanish folklore and a crude analysis in black and white of its intimate relationship with atavism and superstition, with...
- 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...
- 2004
Kill Your Idols
Kill Your Idols7.42004HD
A 2004 documentary on thirty years of alternative rock 'n roll in NYC.Documenting the history from the genuine authenticity of No Wave to the current...
- 1962
A Joking Relationship
A Joking Relationship01962HD
This film depicts a moment of flirtation between N!ai, the young wife of /Gunda, and her great-uncle /Ti!kay. The two share a "joking relationship,"...
- 2016
Double Barrel
Double Barrel02016HD
Double Barrel follows surf and travel journalist Angie Takanami’s journey to Peru to document Peruvian surf guide Harold Koechlin’s dream...
- 2011
In The Eyes Of A Beast
In The Eyes Of A Beast82011HD
How do humans and animals see each other? Dominique Loreau captures astonishing exchanges of “views” between people and animals who...
- 1970
Comitiva Esperança
Comitiva Esperança01970HD
- 1972
Congo
Congo5.81972HD
An experimental ethnographic documentary that criticizes the colonizer view of anthropology.
- 2020
The Truth About Marriage
The Truth About Marriage6.52020HD
This documentary follows three couples to see how things turned out several years after their weddings. The film presents challenging ideas about...
- 2002
Killed by Lightning
Killed by Lightning62002HD
An anthropologist investigates the origins of human evolution. She had suffered a mental trauma during her childhood when her father, a submarine...
- 1953
Statues Also Die
Statues Also Die6.6931953HD
Short documentary commissioned by the magazine Présence Africaine. From the question "Why is the African in the anthropology museum while...
- 1970
Inside the Khmer Rouge
Inside the Khmer Rouge01970HD
Inside the Khmer Rouge takes an in-depth look at the history, domination, and current status of the Khmer Rouge (a Communist regime) in Cambodia. The...
- 1970
Bomb Hunters
Bomb Hunters01970HD
Bomb Hunters is an engrossing examination of the micro-economy that has emerged in Cambodia from untrained civilians harvesting unexploded bombs as...
- 1997
Cracks in the Mask
Cracks in the Mask01997HD
A century ago the Torres Strait Island were the subjects of the famous Cambridge Anthropological Expedition - the resulting depletion of their...
- 1912
The Alaska-Siberian Expedition
The Alaska-Siberian Expedition01912HD
Captain Kleinschmidt leads an expedition sponsored by the Carnegie Museum to the arctic regions of Alaska and Siberia to study the natives and the...
- 2004
Stolen Spirits of Haida Gwaii
Stolen Spirits of Haida Gwaii02004HD
Filmmaker Kevin McMahon accompanies the Haida delegation on a repatriation trip to Chicago in 2003. His film reveals the whole repatriation process...
- 1969
N/um Tchai: The Ceremonial Dance of the !Kung Bushmen
N/um Tchai: The Ceremonial Dance of the !Kung Bushmen01969HD
Tchai is the word used by Ju/'hoansi to describe getting together to dance and sing; n/um can be translated as medicine, or supernatural potency. In...
- 1900
Le village de Namo - Panorama pris d'une chaise à porteurs
Le village de Namo - Panorama pris d'une chaise à porteurs6.0751900HD
The film is a panorama shot-scene lasting just under a minute. The panorama film, as coined by Lumière, is a moving-camera shot--usually...