Movies: Anthropology

  • 2018
    The Sea Stares at Us from Afar

    The Sea Stares at Us from Afar (2018)

    The Sea Stares at Us from Afar

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    Huelva, Spain, an isolated region lost in time. The grass, the sand and the sky are the same that those foreigners saw in the spring of 1895, when they crossed the sea from a distant country to mark the unspoiled terrain and extract its wealth, when ...

    The Sea Stares at Us from Afar
  • 2017
    Archipelago

    Archipelago (2017)

    Archipelago

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    Men and women in the Horn of Africa and adjiacent regions of the Middle East tell stories of their relationships and contacts with demons and spirits in their life and culture....

    Archipelago
  • 2015
    The Taste of the Name

    The Taste of the Name (2015)

    The Taste of the Name

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    Borrowing from an anthropological study initiated through the University of California in 1969, The Taste of The Name is a fantasia on universality. As a parallel to the elusive “umami” and its gradual scientific acceptance as a primary taste, we con...

    The Taste of the Name
  • 2017
    JANBAL

    JANBAL (2017)

    JANBAL

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    From time immemorial, the people of the island used to leave the clothes of their dead to the sea, so that the mother of the sea could turn them into imaginary people. The ignorant Musa finds the gold-embroidered pieces of southern women's trousers ...

    JANBAL
  • 1982
    Asante Market Women

    Asante Market Women (1982)

    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 music. The crew of this `Disappearing World' film have jumped into the fray, explored, and tried to expl...

    Asante Market Women
  • 2011
    TBIHA

    TBIHA (2011)

    TBIHA

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    A short film on Gnawa trance shot in south Morocco....

    TBIHA
  • 1972
    Far from the Trees

    Far from the Trees (1972)

    Far from the Trees

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    An unprejudiced portrait of Spanish folklore and a crude analysis in black and white of its intimate relationship with atavism and superstition, with violence and pain, with blood and death; a story of terror, a journey to the most sinister and ances...

    Far from the Trees
  • 2016
    Double Barrel

    Double Barrel (2016)

    Double Barrel

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    Double Barrel follows surf and travel journalist Angie Takanami’s journey to Peru to document Peruvian surf guide Harold Koechlin’s dream of protecting Peru’s world-class surf breaks. After a chance meeting, the two compared tales of living through n...

    Double Barrel
  • 2018
    Etched in Bone

    Etched in Bone (2018)

    Etched in Bone

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    Drawing on original footage from National Geographic, Etched in Bone explores the impact of one notorious bone theft by a member of the 1948 American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land. Hundred of bones were stolen and deposited in the S...

    Etched in Bone
  • 2002
    Killed by Lightning

    Killed by Lightning (2002)

    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 captain, died during the war. This trauma periodically destabilizes her condition. The ghosts of a prehi...

    Killed by Lightning
  • 2014
    A Venue For The End Of The World

    A Venue For The End Of The World (2014)

    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 dangers of audience manipulation and leader worship....

    A Venue For The End Of The World
  • 2021
    Séfar, A City of Mysteries

    Séfar, A City of Mysteries (2021)

    Séfar, A City of Mysteries

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    Séfar (in Arabic: سيفار) is an ancient city in the heart of the Tassili n'Ajjer mountain range in Algeria, more than 2,400 km south of Algiers and very close to the Libyan border. Séfar is the largest troglodyte city in the world, with several thousa...

    Séfar, A City of Mysteries
  • 2006
    Amos, une rivière, une forêt, des hommes

    Amos, une rivière, une forêt, des hommes (2006)

    Amos, une rivière, une forêt, des hommes

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    The history of Amos, a town in Abitibi-Témiscamingue (Quebec)....

    Amos, une rivière, une forêt, des hommes
  • 2025
    Darwin's Darlings

    Darwin's Darlings (2025)

    Darwin's Darlings

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    Standing near the reptile section in a zoo we can learn a lot about the animals on both sides of the separating glass....

    Darwin's Darlings
  • 1989
    Son of Torum

    Son of Torum (1989)

    Son of Torum

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    In the same vein as Meri's other documentations, this one takes advantage of the glasnost policy to discuss the social and ecologic impact of the Russian oil industry on the natives and the lands they inhabit....

    Son of Torum
  • 2009
    African Spirit

    African Spirit (2009)

    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 place on Earth. It documents Muslims mixing with Christians as they have for over a millennia and the...

    African Spirit
  • 2024
    Unearthed - The Mystery of the Shaman Woman

    Unearthed - The Mystery of the Shaman Woman (2024)

    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 hunter-gatherer groups. From a time when there were no written records, this site was first researched by the Nazi...

    Unearthed - The Mystery of the Shaman Woman
  • 2024
    Sweet Osmanthus Flowering Late

    Sweet Osmanthus Flowering Late (2024)

    Sweet Osmanthus Flowering Late

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    "Sweet Osmanthus Flowering Late" is a feature-length ethnographic film that envisions social rejuvenation and collective convalescence in the aftermath of the pandemic. Filmed in Wuhan, the film follows the everyday lives of three middle-class househ...

    Sweet Osmanthus Flowering Late
  • 1969
    Inside the Khmer Rouge

    Inside the Khmer Rouge (1969)

    Inside the Khmer Rouge

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    Inside the Khmer Rouge takes an in-depth look at the history, domination, and current status of the Khmer Rouge (a Communist regime) in Cambodia. The film features revealing interviews with soldiers of both the modern Khmer Rouge and those who fight ...

    Inside the Khmer Rouge
  • 2011
    Cartas do Kuluene

    Cartas do Kuluene (2011)

    Cartas do Kuluene

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    Cartas do Kuluene