Ethnographic Film Filmes

  • 1922
    Las Hurdes, país de leyenda

    Las Hurdes, país de leyenda

    Las Hurdes, país de leyenda

    41922HD

    An account of the journey that King Alfonso XIII of Spain made to the impoverished shire of Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in the...

    Las Hurdes, país de leyenda
  • 2010
    Amin

    Amin

    Amin

    02010HD

    AMIN portrays Qashqai musician Amin Aghaie, a young modern nomad and his family who despite facing steep financial, cultural and political obstacles...

    Amin
  • 2025
    Behind the Shadows

    Behind the Shadows

    Behind the Shadows

    102025HD

    The Greek shadow puppetry began 130 years ago. A student of Greek shadow puppetry travels to China, where shadow puppetry began over 2000 years ago....

    Behind the Shadows
  • 1970
    Encounters in Yakutia

    Encounters in Yakutia

    Encounters in Yakutia

    01970HD

    Taking the form of a travel diary of a television journalist, this documentary tells about the life and work of the people of Yakutia: pilots,...

    Encounters in Yakutia
  • 1977
    Hommage à Marcel Mauss. Germaine Dieterlen

    Hommage à Marcel Mauss. Germaine Dieterlen

    Hommage à Marcel Mauss. Germaine Dieterlen

    01977HD

    Germaine Dierterlen talks about Dogon mythology at a conference on the Bandiagara cliffs. The Songo canopy is a sacred site in Bandiagara. Its walls...

    Hommage à Marcel Mauss. Germaine Dieterlen
  • 1954
    Mangbetu

    Mangbetu

    Mangbetu

    01954HD

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

    Mangbetu
  • 2000
    Tuo Dolphins

    Tuo Dolphins

    Tuo Dolphins

    02000HD

    On the night of 3 August 1996 a school of striped dolphins ran ashore near the village of Tuo on Ngasinue/Fenualoa Island in the Reef Islands...

    Tuo Dolphins
  • 1995
    Yirrkala: Conversations with Dundiwuy Wanambi

    Yirrkala: Conversations with Dundiwuy Wanambi

    Yirrkala: Conversations with Dundiwuy Wanambi

    01995HD

    Yirrkala is an Aboriginal township on the Gove Peninsula in Northeast Arnhem Land. It was established as a Methodist mission in 1935 and over the...

    Yirrkala: Conversations with Dundiwuy Wanambi
  • 1970
    The River in Me

    The River in Me

    The River in Me

    01970HD

    Traversing 700,000 square kilometers over 700 days, the filmmakers bring the stories of five people who crisscross the Yellow River to perform their...

    The River in Me
  • 1966
    Dogon Drums, Elements of a Study in Rhythm

    Dogon Drums, Elements of a Study in Rhythm

    Dogon Drums, Elements of a Study in Rhythm

    01966HD

    The young goat herders from the cliff of Bandiagara practice on the stone drums of their ancestors. An ethnomusicological film experiment describing...

    Dogon Drums, Elements of a Study in Rhythm
  • 1996
    Germaine et ses copains

    Germaine et ses copains

    Germaine et ses copains

    01996HD

    In Sangha, through the window of her house, Germaine greets Djamgouno, her main informant. He then translates for her a conversation she has with a...

    Germaine et ses copains
  • 2021
    The Lyrical Rongdanis

    The Lyrical Rongdanis

    The Lyrical Rongdanis

    02021HD

    A musical documentary woven around the endangered musical culture of the Rangdani Rabhas from Manikganj, Meghalaya, North East India.

    The Lyrical Rongdanis
  • 1968
    Yenendi de Ganghel (Rain Dance at Ganghel)

    Yenendi de Ganghel (Rain Dance at Ganghel)

    Yenendi de Ganghel (Rain Dance at Ganghel)

    01968HD

    Lightning struck the hut of a Fulani shepherd near a village of settled fishermen, Ganghel, in Niger. A yenendi, a purification ceremony to obtain...

    Yenendi de Ganghel (Rain Dance at Ganghel)
  • 2020
    Days after

    Days after

    Days after

    02020HD

    In Isère, in the mountainous region of Trièves, is the Tournesol farm, an experiential farm totally autonomous in energy, a veritable...

    Days after
  • 1982
    Asante Market Women

    Asante Market Women

    Asante Market Women

    101982HD

    As retailers, wholesalers, and negotiators, Asante women of Ghana dominate the huge Kumasi Central Market amid the laughter, argument, colour and...

    Asante Market Women
  • 2008
    A vodou memory

    A vodou memory

    A vodou memory

    02008HD

    Marianne Lehmann, born in Switzerland in 1936, married a Haitian and moved to Port-au-Prince in 1957. Fascinated by voodoo cult objects, she began...

    A vodou memory
  • 1974
    Afghan Nomads (The Maldar)

    Afghan Nomads (The Maldar)

    Afghan Nomads (The Maldar)

    01974HD

    At dawn a nomad caravan descends on Aq Kupruk from the foothills of the Hindu Kush. In their camp, and in commerce with the townspeople, the Maldar...

    Afghan Nomads (The Maldar)
  • 1976
    La chaskañawi

    La chaskañawi

    La chaskañawi

    01976HD

    After his father dies, law student Adolfo (Jorge Marchand), returns to his native village in the South of Bolivia, where he falls in love with...

    La chaskañawi
  • 1913
    Journey Through Setomaa

    Journey Through Setomaa

    Journey Through Setomaa

    71913HD

    Estonia's first ethnographic film. Made by Johannes Pääsuke in 1913 on his expedition to Setomaa, the South-Eastern region in Estonia.

    Journey Through Setomaa
  • 1988
    Hombres de barro

    Hombres de barro

    Hombres de barro

    01988HD

    A group of filmmakers travel to a Kolla community in Salta to film their folkways. We see all aspects of their life: farming, herding, cooking,...

    Hombres de barro