Anthropology Movies

  • 2013
    The Fall of Womenland

    The Fall of Womenland

    The Fall of Womenland

    02013HD

    The Fall of Womenland is a fascinating documentary on the unique sexual culture of the Mosuo people — a small minority situated in the...

    The Fall of Womenland
  • 1987
    Disappearing World: The basques of Santazi

    Disappearing World: The basques of Santazi

    Disappearing World: The basques of Santazi

    01987HD

    This film follows the lives over one year, shot during three intervals, of two Basque shepherding families who live in Santazi, a village in the...

    Disappearing World: The basques of Santazi
  • 1961
    A Group of Women

    A Group of Women

    A Group of Women

    01961HD

    Ju/'hoan women often share an intimate sociability and spend many hours together discussing their lives, enjoying each other's company and children....

    A Group of Women
  • 1970
    N!owa T'ama: The Melon Tossing Game

    N!owa T'ama: The Melon Tossing Game

    N!owa T'ama: The Melon Tossing Game

    01970HD

    Women from three separate Ju/'hoan bands have gathered at a mangetti grove at !O to play an intense game in which under-tones of social and personal...

    N!owa T'ama: The Melon Tossing Game
  • 2020
    Ãjãí: o jogo de cabeça dos Myky e Manoki

    Ãjãí: o jogo de cabeça dos Myky e Manoki

    Ãjãí: o jogo de cabeça dos Myky e Manoki

    02020HD

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

    Ãjãí: o jogo de cabeça dos Myky e Manoki
  • 2025
    Darwin's Darlings

    Darwin's Darlings

    Darwin's Darlings

    02025HD

    Standing near the reptile section in a zoo we can learn a lot about the animals on both sides of the separating glass.

    Darwin's Darlings
  • 1974
    Baobab Play

    Baobab Play

    Baobab Play

    81974HD

    Children and teenagers throw sticks, berries, and leaves at each other from perches in a large baobab tree.

    Baobab Play
  • 2018
    Etched in Bone

    Etched in Bone

    Etched in Bone

    02018HD

    Drawing on original footage from National Geographic, Etched in Bone explores the impact of one notorious bone theft by a member of the 1948...

    Etched in Bone
  • 2016
    Wie Tiere fühlen

    Wie Tiere fühlen

    Wie Tiere fühlen

    82016HD

    Do animals have feelings? Empathy even? A documentary with some insights due to advancing technology.

    Wie Tiere fühlen
  • 2013
    Alardearen seme-alabak

    Alardearen seme-alabak

    Alardearen seme-alabak

    02013HD

    An analysis of the controversy over the participation of women in the Irun and Hondarribia festivity known as Alarde. It is divided into three parts:...

    Alardearen seme-alabak
  • 1979
    Salt: Essence of Life

    Salt: Essence of Life

    Salt: Essence of Life

    01979HD

    Explores the historical and contemporary significance of salt, detailing its extraction from the earth and oceans, its role in food preservation,...

    Salt: Essence of Life
  • 1906
    Human Apes from the Orient

    Human Apes from the Orient

    Human Apes from the Orient

    11906HD

    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...

    Human Apes from the Orient
  • 1929
    Gorilla drive, Cameroons

    Gorilla drive, Cameroons

    Gorilla drive, Cameroons

    01929HD

    This is a film that shows the response of some natives to a group of gorillas that had been foraging for food in their gardens. They view the...

    Gorilla drive, Cameroons
  • 2023
    An Indian Love Story

    An Indian Love Story

    An Indian Love Story

    02023HD

    Kuldeep is in love, but the girl he wants to marry comes from a more prestigious caste than him. And no matter how much Kuldeep begs the goddess Kali...

    An Indian Love Story
  • 1972
    Black Fire

    Black Fire

    Black Fire

    81972HD

    Long thought to be the first film ever made by an Indigenous filmmaker, Black Fire examines the situation of First Nations people in the early 1970s...

    Black Fire
  • 2024
    Sweet Osmanthus Flowering Late

    Sweet Osmanthus Flowering Late

    Sweet Osmanthus Flowering Late

    02024HD

    "Sweet Osmanthus Flowering Late" is a feature-length ethnographic film that envisions social rejuvenation and collective convalescence in the...

    Sweet Osmanthus Flowering Late
  • 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
  • 2022
    When you go back, tell them. Voices of Melanesian women

    When you go back, tell them. Voices of Melanesian women

    When you go back, tell them. Voices of Melanesian women

    02022HD

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

    When you go back, tell them. Voices of Melanesian women
  • 2001
    La Colline des chefs

    La Colline des chefs

    La Colline des chefs

    02001HD

    Luc Bachelot, a researcher with the CNRS, has been directing since 1994 the French archeological mission at Tell Shioukh Faouqâni in Syria and...

    La Colline des chefs
  • 2006
    Amos, une rivière, une forêt, des hommes

    Amos, une rivière, une forêt, des hommes

    Amos, une rivière, une forêt, des hommes

    02006HD

    The history of Amos, a town in Abitibi-Témiscamingue (Quebec).

    Amos, une rivière, une forêt, des hommes