Anthropology Movies

  • 2006
    The Fox Family

    The Fox Family

    The Fox Family

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    The Kumiho family circus in town -- and with it, apparently, a mysterious murderer. The members of motherless family aren’t helping their case...

    The Fox Family
  • 2001
    The Shaman's Apprentice

    The Shaman's Apprentice

    The Shaman's Apprentice

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    Scientist Mark Plotkin races against time to save the ancient healing knowledge of Indian tribes from extinction.

    The Shaman's Apprentice
  • 2010
    Secrets of the Tribe

    Secrets of the Tribe

    Secrets of the Tribe

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    What happens when western anthropologists descend on the Amazon and make one of the last unacculturated tribes in existence, the Yanomami, the most...

    Secrets of the Tribe
  • 2008
    Global Metal

    Global Metal

    Global Metal

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    In GLOBAL METAL, directors Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn set out to discover how the West's most maligned musical genre - heavy metal - has impacted the...

    Global Metal
  • 2019
    Hitler's Evil Science

    Hitler's Evil Science

    Hitler's Evil Science

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    In 1935, German scientists dug for bones; in 1943, they murdered to get them. How the German scientific community supported Nazism, distorted history...

    Hitler's Evil Science
  • 1973
    The Naked Ape

    The Naked Ape

    The Naked Ape

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    Somewhat based on Desmond Morris's fascinating book of pop anthropology, this partially animated satirical docudrama produced by Playboy Magazine...

    The Naked Ape
  • 1913
    Race Memories

    Race Memories

    Race Memories

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    Denton, an anthropologist of note, meets by accident a new neighbor, an attractive girl, whose father insists upon her marriage to a man whom he...

    Race Memories
  • 2004
    Stolen Spirits of Haida Gwaii

    Stolen Spirits of Haida Gwaii

    Stolen Spirits of Haida Gwaii

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    Filmmaker Kevin McMahon accompanies the Haida delegation on a repatriation trip to Chicago in 2003. His film reveals the whole repatriation process...

    Stolen Spirits of Haida Gwaii
  • 2018
    Museo

    Museo

    Museo

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    Mexico, 1985. Juan and Wilson, two perennial Veterinary students, perpetrate an audacious heist in the National Museum of Anthropology, running away...

    Museo
  • 2003
    Oh, What a Blow That Phantom Gave Me!

    Oh, What a Blow That Phantom Gave Me!

    Oh, What a Blow That Phantom Gave Me!

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

    Oh, What a Blow That Phantom Gave Me!
  • 2020
    The Truth About Marriage

    The Truth About Marriage

    The Truth About Marriage

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    This documentary follows three couples to see how things turned out several years after their weddings. The film presents challenging ideas about...

    The Truth About Marriage
  • 2024
    Unearthed - The Mystery of the Shaman Woman

    Unearthed - The Mystery of the Shaman Woman

    Unearthed - The Mystery of the Shaman Woman

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    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...

    Unearthed - The Mystery of the Shaman Woman
  • 2012
    Paralelo 10

    Paralelo 10

    Paralelo 10

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    It portrays a pioneering and risky work carried out in a small Xinane base, by FUNAI, near Parallel 10º South, west of Acre, on the border with...

    Paralelo 10
  • 2011
    In The Eyes Of A Beast

    In The Eyes Of A Beast

    In The Eyes Of A Beast

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    How do humans and animals see each other? Dominique Loreau captures astonishing exchanges of “views” between people and animals who...

    In The Eyes Of A Beast
  • 1970
    Comitiva Esperança

    Comitiva Esperança

    Comitiva Esperança

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    Comitiva Esperança
  • 1912
    The Alaska-Siberian Expedition

    The Alaska-Siberian Expedition

    The Alaska-Siberian Expedition

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    Captain Kleinschmidt leads an expedition sponsored by the Carnegie Museum to the arctic regions of Alaska and Siberia to study the natives and the...

    The Alaska-Siberian Expedition
  • 2014
    Stonehenge Empire

    Stonehenge Empire

    Stonehenge Empire

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    For centuries, Stonehenge has been cloaked in mystery. Who built it? How did they do it? Why did they do it and what is its significance? Now, a team...

    Stonehenge Empire
  • 1896
    Repas d'indiens

    Repas d'indiens

    Repas d'indiens

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    Native Mexican people grouped in front of the camera.

    Repas d'indiens
  • 1983
    Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial

    Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial

    Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial

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    "Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial" was a 1983 episode of the PBS science documentary series NOVA. It explored the field of anthropology,...

    Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial
  • 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

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    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