Ethnographic Film Movies
- 2008
A vodou memory
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Marianne Lehmann, born in Switzerland in 1936, married a Haitian and moved to Port-au-Prince in 1957. Fascinated by voodoo cult objects, she began...
- 1970
The Nuer
The Nuer5.51970HD
Portrays the Nuer, Nilotic herdsmen of the Nile basin. Shows how their daily lives revolve about their cattle, and depicts the psychological bonds...
- 1922
Las Hurdes, país de leyenda
Las Hurdes, país de leyenda41922HD
An account of the journey that King Alfonso XIII of Spain made to the impoverished shire of Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in the...
- 2010
Amin
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AMIN portrays Qashqai musician Amin Aghaie, a young modern nomad and his family who despite facing steep financial, cultural and political obstacles...
- 2019
Color-Blind
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A synaesthetic portrait made between French Polynesia and Brittany, Color-blind follows the restless ghost of Gauguin in excavating the colonial...
- 1982
Asante Market Women
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As retailers, wholesalers, and negotiators, Asante women of Ghana dominate the huge Kumasi Central Market amid the laughter, argument, colour and...
- 2020
Days after
Days after02020HD
In Isère, in the mountainous region of Trièves, is the Tournesol farm, an experiential farm totally autonomous in energy, a veritable...
- 2020
Snowflakes
Snowflakes12020HD
Rye, a photographer, and Chris, a political science student, are in their final year of college, and have lived together in the same house for three...
- 2015
Saynatakuna: Masks
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An ethnographic film that tells the story of the mask makers and dancers during the festival of the Virgen del Carmen in Paukartambo, Cuzco. The...
- 2021
Ainu Neno An Ainu
Ainu Neno An Ainu02021HD
This documentary started as part of a photography project about the indigenous Ainu population in northern Japan, portraying people from tightly knit...
- 2018
Harlem School 1970
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A unique 'direct cinema' feature length documentary (no narration or interviews) originally filmed in the Spring of 1970 and concluded during the...
- 1913
Journey Through Setomaa
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Estonia's first ethnographic film. Made by Johannes Pääsuke in 1913 on his expedition to Setomaa, the South-Eastern region in Estonia.
- 1956
Horizontes de piedra
Horizontes de piedra01956HD
In Cerro Bayo, a mountainous region of Patagonia on the Chilean border, a Kolla Indian falls in love with a girl from another village. His mother...
- 1976
La chaskañawi
La chaskañawi01976HD
After his father dies, law student Adolfo (Jorge Marchand), returns to his native village in the South of Bolivia, where he falls in love with...
- 1970
Los Toques del Tambor Afro Montevideano
Los Toques del Tambor Afro Montevideano01970HD
- 1974
An Afghan Village
An Afghan Village01974HD
A collage of daily life in Aq Kupruk builds from the single voice that calls the townspeople to prayer, the brisk exchange of the baazar, communal...
- 1974
Afghan Nomads (The Maldar)
Afghan Nomads (The Maldar)01974HD
At dawn a nomad caravan descends on Aq Kupruk from the foothills of the Hindu Kush. In their camp, and in commerce with the townspeople, the Maldar...
- 1970
The River in Me
The River in Me01970HD
Traversing 700,000 square kilometers over 700 days, the filmmakers bring the stories of five people who crisscross the Yellow River to perform their...
- 1932
Cooking Milk with Hot Stones
Cooking Milk with Hot Stones01932HD
An ethnographic film by Milovan Gavazzi, the founder of Croatian ethnology. The films displays a practice that was already a rarity at the time.
- 1988
Hombres de barro
Hombres de barro01988HD
A group of filmmakers travel to a Kolla community in Salta to film their folkways. We see all aspects of their life: farming, herding, cooking,...