Ethnography Movies

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

Rites and operation of the circumcision of thirty Songhai children on the Niger. Material of this film has been used to make "Les Fils de l'Eau".

An ethnographic documentary about the Mangbetu tribe of the Belgian Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). The film features a discussion...

Kuldeep is in love, but the girl he wants to marry comes from a more prestigious caste than him. And no matter how much Kuldeep begs the goddess Kali...

Filmmaker Binevsa Bêrîvan travels to Armenia to capture the daily life, customs, and history of the country's Yazidi Kurdish community.

This film is a portrait of unique cultural space for Spirits, Gods and People. While permanent theatres are commonly built in most cosmopolitan...

Film about the singing and dancing culture of the Ingush people

"Sweet Osmanthus Flowering Late" is a feature-length ethnographic film that envisions social rejuvenation and collective convalescence in the...

John Cohen, founding member of the ‘50s folk troupe the New Lost City Ramblers, started making films in order to bring together the two...

This is a film that shows the response of some natives to a group of gorillas that had been foraging for food in their gardens. They view the...

At a London community centre, facilitators and volunteers run a travel-themed session for people living with dementia and their families, friends and...

India has one of the largest populations of Indigenous people in the world, known locally as adivasis or tribals. As India's current Hindu...

A five-year visual ethnography of traditional yet practical orchestration of Semana Santa in a small town where religious woodcarving is the...

How do you entertain yourself while entertaining others? A short documentary about a nighttime projectionist passing the time.

This recording details the skinning of animal specimens for preservation following the technique developed by Major P.H.G. Powell-Cotton himself. It...

Somewhere in Ulyanovsk Oblast people sing and pray - each in their own tongue

Two brothers, one living in Mexico City and the other in Berlin, undertake an experimental audiovisual correspondence. Through a series of short...