Ethnographic Film Filmes

  • 2021
    Ainu Neno An Ainu

    Ainu Neno An Ainu

    Ainu Neno An Ainu

    02021HD

    This documentary started as part of a photography project about the indigenous Ainu population in northern Japan, portraying people from tightly knit...

    Ainu Neno An Ainu
  • 2018
    Harlem School 1970

    Harlem School 1970

    Harlem School 1970

    02018HD

    A unique 'direct cinema' feature length documentary (no narration or interviews) originally filmed in the Spring of 1970 and concluded during the...

    Harlem School 1970
  • 1956
    Horizontes de piedra

    Horizontes de piedra

    Horizontes de piedra

    01956HD

    In Cerro Bayo, a mountainous region of Patagonia on the Chilean border, a Kolla Indian falls in love with a girl from another village. His mother...

    Horizontes de piedra
  • 1926
    Moana

    Moana

    Moana

    6.61926HD

    Robert J. Flaherty’s follow-up to Nanook of the North shifts from the Arctic to the South Seas, portraying Samoan village life with a painterly...

    Moana
  • 1981
    A Wife Among Wives

    A Wife Among Wives

    A Wife Among Wives

    61981HD

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

    A Wife Among Wives
  • 2024
    Ainu Puri

    Ainu Puri

    Ainu Puri

    02024HD

    Shigeki, one of the Ainu people of northern Japan, follows the traditions of his ancestors and teaches his son Motoki about their heritage. But how...

    Ainu Puri
  • 1963
    Attiuk

    Attiuk

    Attiuk

    01963HD

    The people of Unamenshipu (La Romaine), an Innu community in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, are seen but not heard in this richly detailed...

    Attiuk
  • 1972
    Mi hijo Ceferino Namuncurá

    Mi hijo Ceferino Namuncurá

    Mi hijo Ceferino Namuncurá

    01972HD

    Biopic of Ceferino Namuncurá (1886-1905), son of a Mapuche cacique and a white woman, and the first Indian of South America to be beatified....

    Mi hijo Ceferino Namuncurá
  • 1962
    Hampi

    Hampi

    Hampi

    01962HD

    A ritual vase, the hampi, is placed in the center of the Musée de plein air de la République du Niger in Niamey, during a ritual...

    Hampi
  • 2019
    Color-Blind

    Color-Blind

    Color-Blind

    42019HD

    A synaesthetic portrait made between French Polynesia and Brittany, Color-blind follows the restless ghost of Gauguin in excavating the colonial...

    Color-Blind
  • 1970
    The Nuer

    The Nuer

    The Nuer

    5.51970HD

    Portrays the Nuer, Nilotic herdsmen of the Nile basin. Shows how their daily lives revolve about their cattle, and depicts the psychological bonds...

    The Nuer
  • 1988
    The Bapst Brothers, Carriers

    The Bapst Brothers, Carriers

    The Bapst Brothers, Carriers

    01988HD

    The Bapst Brothers: Romain, Maurice and Jacques – whom we will also meet in The Gruyere Chronicle (produced in 1990) – are peasants and...

    The Bapst Brothers, Carriers
  • 2023
    Creature Catalogue

    Creature Catalogue

    Creature Catalogue

    02023HD

    Creature Catalogue
  • 1993
    Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti

    Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti

    Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti

    6.21993HD

    This intimate ethnographic study of Voudoun dances and rituals was shot by Maya Deren during her years in Haiti (1947-1951); she never edited the...

    Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti
  • 1953
    Come Back, Sebastiana

    Come Back, Sebastiana

    Come Back, Sebastiana

    51953HD

    The story of a poor girl who leaves her starving family and sheep for a more prosperous village. Her grandfather finds her and tries to convince her...

    Come Back, Sebastiana
  • 2017
    Ghostland: The View of the Ju'Hoansi

    Ghostland: The View of the Ju'Hoansi

    Ghostland: The View of the Ju'Hoansi

    8.32017HD

    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...

    Ghostland: The View of the Ju'Hoansi
  • 1986
    Forest of Bliss

    Forest of Bliss

    Forest of Bliss

    6.51986HD

    Forest of Bliss is an unsparing yet redemptive account of the inevitable griefs, religious passions and frequent happinesses that punctuate daily...

    Forest of Bliss
  • 1970
    Pylon

    Pylon

    Pylon

    01970HD

    A young woman achieves cone consciousness.

    Pylon
  • 2021
    The Bounty Hunter of Mongolia

    The Bounty Hunter of Mongolia

    The Bounty Hunter of Mongolia

    82021HD

    In the Darhat valley in northern Mongolia, the horses of nomadic tribes are stolen by bandits who then sell them to Russian slaughterhouses....

    The Bounty Hunter of Mongolia
  • 1929
    Kehre wieder, Afrika!

    Kehre wieder, Afrika!

    Kehre wieder, Afrika!

    01929HD

    Report on an expedition through South and Southeast Africa.

    Kehre wieder, Afrika!