Anthropology Movies
- 2006
The Fox Family
The Fox Family5.72006HD
The Kumiho family circus in town -- and with it, apparently, a mysterious murderer. The members of motherless family aren’t helping their case...
- 2001
The Shaman's Apprentice
The Shaman's Apprentice02001HD
Scientist Mark Plotkin races against time to save the ancient healing knowledge of Indian tribes from extinction.
- 2010
Secrets of the Tribe
Secrets of the Tribe6.82010HD
What happens when western anthropologists descend on the Amazon and make one of the last unacculturated tribes in existence, the Yanomami, the most...
- 2008
Global Metal
Global Metal7.32008HD
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...
- 2019
Hitler's Evil Science
Hitler's Evil Science72019HD
In 1935, German scientists dug for bones; in 1943, they murdered to get them. How the German scientific community supported Nazism, distorted history...
- 1973
The Naked Ape
The Naked Ape4.41973HD
Somewhat based on Desmond Morris's fascinating book of pop anthropology, this partially animated satirical docudrama produced by Playboy Magazine...
- 1913
Race Memories
Race Memories01913HD
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...
- 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...
- 2018
Museo
Museo6.612018HD
Mexico, 1985. Juan and Wilson, two perennial Veterinary students, perpetrate an audacious heist in the National Museum of Anthropology, running away...
- 2003
Oh, What a Blow That Phantom Gave Me!
Oh, What a Blow That Phantom Gave Me!02003HD
Several filmmakers discuss the introduction of Western modes of communication, especially film, to native cultures. While these tools can help a...
- 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...
- 2024
Unearthed - The Mystery of the Shaman Woman
Unearthed - The Mystery of the Shaman Woman8.62024HD
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...
- 2012
Paralelo 10
Paralelo 1052012HD
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...
- 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
- 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...
- 2014
Stonehenge Empire
Stonehenge Empire02014HD
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...
- 1896
Repas d'indiens
Repas d'indiens4.11896HD
Native Mexican people grouped in front of the camera.
- 1983
Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial
Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial01983HD
"Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial" was a 1983 episode of the PBS science documentary series NOVA. It explored the field of anthropology,...
- 1970
N!owa T'ama: The Melon Tossing Game
N!owa T'ama: The Melon Tossing Game01970HD
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...