Anthropology Movies

  • 2014
    A Venue For The End Of The World

    A Venue For The End Of The World

    A Venue For The End Of The World

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    Haunted by uncanny similarities between Nazi stage techniques and the showmanship employed by modern entertainers, a filmmaker investigates the...

    A Venue For The End Of The World
  • 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
  • 2019
    Mi Barrios Altos querido

    Mi Barrios Altos querido

    Mi Barrios Altos querido

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    Five stories about dignity in the capital of Peru. A local leader looking for someone to leave the post of her complex work, a tourist guide who is a...

    Mi Barrios Altos querido
  • 1962
    A Joking Relationship

    A Joking Relationship

    A Joking Relationship

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    This film depicts a moment of flirtation between N!ai, the young wife of /Gunda, and her great-uncle /Ti!kay. The two share a "joking relationship,"...

    A Joking Relationship
  • 2002
    Killed by Lightning

    Killed by Lightning

    Killed by Lightning

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    An anthropologist investigates the origins of human evolution. She had suffered a mental trauma during her childhood when her father, a submarine...

    Killed by Lightning
  • 1953
    Statues Also Die

    Statues Also Die

    Statues Also Die

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    Short documentary commissioned by the magazine Présence Africaine. From the question "Why is the African in the anthropology museum while...

    Statues Also Die
  • 2015
    Mankind From Space

    Mankind From Space

    Mankind From Space

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    Mankind from Space is an epic journey of discovery. Using mind-boggling data and CGI, it traces humankind’s story from hunter-gatherer to...

    Mankind From Space
  • 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
  • 1998
    The Life and Times of Sara Baartman

    The Life and Times of Sara Baartman

    The Life and Times of Sara Baartman

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    In 1810, 20 year old Sara Baartman got on a boat from Cape Town to London, unaware that she would never see her home again, or that she would become...

    The Life and Times of Sara Baartman
  • 1969
    N/um Tchai: The Ceremonial Dance of the !Kung Bushmen

    N/um Tchai: The Ceremonial Dance of the !Kung Bushmen

    N/um Tchai: The Ceremonial Dance of the !Kung Bushmen

    01969HD

    Tchai is the word used by Ju/'hoansi to describe getting together to dance and sing; n/um can be translated as medicine, or supernatural potency. In...

    N/um Tchai: The Ceremonial Dance of the !Kung Bushmen
  • 2007
    1968 with Tom Brokaw

    1968 with Tom Brokaw

    1968 with Tom Brokaw

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    In 1968, the fury and violence of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago propelled us toward a tipping point in politics. Martin Luther King...

    1968 with Tom Brokaw
  • 2009
    African Spirit

    African Spirit

    African Spirit

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    A celebration of the diversity of Ethiopia's culture and wildlife. It journeys from North to South - spanning mountains, rainforests and the hottest...

    African Spirit
  • 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
  • 2021
    Nest

    Nest

    Nest

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    The real estate industry has destabilized the natural surroundings of the city of Concón, on the Chilean coast, forcing the inhabitants and...

    Nest
  • 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
  • 1997
    Cracks in the Mask

    Cracks in the Mask

    Cracks in the Mask

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    A century ago the Torres Strait Island were the subjects of the famous Cambridge Anthropological Expedition - the resulting depletion of their...

    Cracks in the Mask
  • 1970
    The Shepherdess

    The Shepherdess

    The Shepherdess

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    “The shepherdess” is a short ethnographic film inspired by Joyce, an 80 year old woman who has spent her whole life farming in Eastern...

    The Shepherdess
  • 1978
    Sons of Haji Omar

    Sons of Haji Omar

    Sons of Haji Omar

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    Haji Omar and his three sons belong to the Lakankhel, a Pashtoon tribal group in northeastern Afghanistan. The film focuses on his family: Haji Omar,...

    Sons of Haji Omar
  • 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
  • 1982
    Asante Market Women

    Asante Market Women

    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...

    Asante Market Women