Ethnographical Movies

This first co-production of the Soviet and Indian cinematographers is dedicated to the Tver merchant Afanasy Nikitin who in 1466-1472 blazed the...

A group of people setting out to find a previously assumed land and upon reaching it, not knowing how to deal with the customs of the place, have to...

Short ethnographic documentary showing a leopard dance based upon footage shot by director Luc de Heusch in Congo in 1954 reassembled by Damien...

The film was made on the basis of the literary version of events in the life of the famous Russian ethnographer, anthropologist, biologist and...

Short ethnographic documentary on the Tetela tribe in Congo based upon footage and commentary by director Luc de Heusch from 1953 reassembled by...

David and Judith MacDougall are exploring the marriage rituals and roles of Turkana women in this ethnographic documentary. The film's biggest part...

Short ethnographic documentary showing some everyday life scenes based upon footage shot by director Luc de Heusch in Congo in 1954 reassembled by...

Travellers, nomads and salesmen make their way along a dam next to the Nile.

The first Easter Island documentary, filmed in 1935 when the Belgian naval ship Mercator came to collect Drs. Henri Lavacherry and Alfred...

An experimental ethnographic documentary that criticizes the colonizer view of anthropology.

Early Mondo film featuring primitive rituals, animals being butchered, unusual birth defects, and a legit trepanation scene.

A man demonstrates a human-powered water wheel that irrigates a rice field.

Shot with stunning elegance and clarity, NAKED SPACES explores the rhythm and ritual of life in the rural environments of six West African countries...

A young woman in traditional Japanese attire fixes her hair and kimono while her servants assist her.

As retailers, wholesalers, and negotiators, Asante women of Ghana dominate the huge Kumasi Central Market amid the laughter, argument, colour and...

Two parallel stories about unhappy marriages that take place during inter-war period in the Banat village within Romanian ethnic minority in Serbia.

Remember the culture clash in THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY? This time it's real. One of the most ancient cultures on our planet is undergoing a major...

A woman from the Ashanti tribe bathes her child in a shallow bowl.

A meditative stroll through Sacramento landmarks, from the gentrified to the urban.

Short ethnographic documentray about Arba'een, a Shia Muslim religious observance