Movies: Anthropology
- 2001
The Shaman's Apprentice (2001)
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Scientist Mark Plotkin races against time to save the ancient healing knowledge of Indian tribes from extinction....
- 2011
Cartas do Kuluene (2011)
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- 2004
Stolen Spirits of Haida Gwaii (2004)
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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 through the stories and experiences of the people who participated, both Museum staff and the Haida pe...
- 2020
The Inner Mountain (2020)
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Saint Anthony, Abbot of the Desert, protector of animals, is a central figure in the Italian countryside, where fortune depends on the health of the animals. To heal his donkey, Antonio asks the village priest to bless the sick animal. Faced with his...
- 2025
Darwin's Darlings (2025)
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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....
- 1997
Himalayan Herders (1997)
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John Bishop and Naomi Bishop present a portrait a peculiar life style of the Himalayan indigenous Sherpa people in their documentary , the Himalayan Herders. The 76 minutes long film is about the diverse culture and life style of herders community ne...
- 1969
Louceiras (1969)
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"Louceiras" portraits the daily life of the last ceramists of the Brazilian indigenous ethnic group Kariri-Xocó, who earn a living from clay. They inherit a tradition passed from mother to daughter concerning the art of choosing, manufacturing and co...
- 1908
Touaregs in Their Country (1908)
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“The barbaric negro inhabitants of an African village are shown in their various forms of activity, the first view being a photograph of a number of children of all sizes, shapes and degrees of African beauty. Following this is a match between two gi...
- 2022
When you go back, tell them. Voices of Melanesian women (2022)
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An anthropological documentary that gives voice to the Orokavia women in Papua New Guinea and shows their daily lives....
- 2002
Mauss, Segundo Suas Alunas (2002)
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Biography of the ideas and teachings of Marcel Mauss, considered the founder of Anthropology who lived and wrote in the first half of the 20th century, in France. His work is discussed through the testimony of three students, carried out in Paris bet...
- 2013
The Trick Brain (2013)
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A dark and magical visit to the fabled Parisian address Rue Fontaine 42. This was the residence of André Breton, the mastermind of surrealism, who surrounded himself with an impressive collection of modern, Western art and ethnographic objects from O...
- 2020
Ãjãí: o jogo de cabeça dos Myky e Manoki (2020)
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Ãjãí is a fun game in which only the players' heads can touch the ball. This practice, shared by few indigenous peoples in the world, is present among the Myky and Manoki populations of Mato Grosso, who speak a language of an isolated linguistic fami...
- 1994
TimeWave Zero (1994)
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Terence McKenna gives us a detailed description of his TimeWave concept and a demonstration of the software Terence originated in his early exploratory period of deep study with the I Ching, the ancient oracular Chinese Book of Changes. He proudly ta...
- 1969
The Shepherdess (1969)
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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 Ontario. While this film is largely centred on Joyce’s narrative about her life, it is also about Joyce’s flock of ...
- 2025
Grandma in Two Dimensions: Memories, Images and Stories of Faith (2025)
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A young anthropologist reflects on her late grandmother's religious background....
- 2011
The Man of Flores or the tale of the last Hobbits (2011)
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March 2008. The renowned journal ‘Science’ publishes an article confirming that the human bones discovered in 2004 on the island of Flores in Indonesia are indeed those of a new species of man. These tiny men lived there just a few thousand years ago...
- 2006
Le compagnon déloyal (2006)
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- 1913
Race Memories (1913)
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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 favors because of his wealth. Denton and the girl are mutually attracted and to Denton comes a vague but ...
- 2015
Swamp Dialogues (2015)
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The Danube Delta in Romania - the 'Last European Sanctuary’ - is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. While major efforts are made to protect biodiversity, the plight of local communities is largely overlooked. Social scientists claim that the traumatic nat...
- 1925
In the Land of Giants and Pygmies (1925)
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IN THE LAND OF GIANT PYGMIES, a diary of Aurelio Rossi's 1925 trek into the immense Belgian Congo, preserves a long-gone-Colonial-era wonder at natural resources, "primitive" tribes, customs and costumes in Europe's cast African possessions, and impl...