Ethnographical Filmes

  • 2018
    Carving Thy Faith

    Carving Thy Faith

    Carving Thy Faith

    102018HD

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

    Carving Thy Faith
  • 1897
    Barrage du Nil

    Barrage du Nil

    Barrage du Nil

    4.81897HD

    Travellers, nomads and salesmen make their way along a dam next to the Nile.

    Barrage du Nil
  • 1957
    Journey Beyond Three Seas

    Journey Beyond Three Seas

    Journey Beyond Three Seas

    5.71957HD

    This first co-production of the Soviet and Indian cinematographers is dedicated to the Tver merchant Afanasy Nikitin who in 1466-1472 blazed the...

    Journey Beyond Three Seas
  • 1973
    The Sannikov Land

    The Sannikov Land

    The Sannikov Land

    6.0211973HD

    A group of people setting out to find a previously assumed land and upon reaching it, not knowing how to deal with the customs of the place, have to...

    The Sannikov Land
  • 1975
    Wheat Cycle

    Wheat Cycle

    Wheat Cycle

    01975HD

    The people and their labor are bound to the land in the cycle of activities to the sowing to the harvesting of wheat. Without narration or subtitles,...

    Wheat Cycle
  • 1992
    Chroniques d'un village tzotzil

    Chroniques d'un village tzotzil

    Chroniques d'un village tzotzil

    01992HD

    A documentary about the daily life of a native Tzotzil community in southern Mexico, shot over a period of eight years.

    Chroniques d'un village tzotzil
  • 2010
    Wolfram, a Saliva do Lobo

    Wolfram, a Saliva do Lobo

    Wolfram, a Saliva do Lobo

    72010HD

    The darkness of the mine, invaded by the miners' light, by the noisy machines and the permanent and intense smell of ore in the air, leads us to an...

    Wolfram, a Saliva do Lobo
  • 1947
    Without Prejudice

    Without Prejudice

    Without Prejudice

    71947HD

    The film was made on the basis of the literary version of events in the life of the famous Russian ethnographer, anthropologist, biologist and...

    Without Prejudice
  • 1964
    Kwaheri

    Kwaheri

    Kwaheri

    5.11964HD

    Early Mondo film featuring primitive rituals, animals being butchered, unusual birth defects, and a legit trepanation scene.

    Kwaheri
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1911
    Banks of the Nile

    Banks of the Nile

    Banks of the Nile

    51911HD

    With a dual motion a cruise ship and a fishing boat pass one another on the Nile and butlers in turbans set up a wooden gangway. Thanks to a rope and...

    Banks of the Nile
  • 2002
    Dukas Dilemma

    Dukas Dilemma

    Dukas Dilemma

    02002HD

    Dukas Dilemma
  • 1957
    The Hunters

    The Hunters

    The Hunters

    6.11957HD

    An ethnographic film that documents the efforts of four !Kung men (also known as Ju/'hoansi or Bushmen) to hunt a giraffe in the Kalahari Desert of...

    The Hunters
  • 1989
    Machete Gillette... Mama

    Machete Gillette... Mama

    Machete Gillette... Mama

    61989HD

    "With characteristic wit and rigor, experimental filmmaker Larry Gottheim here applies his impressionistic editing style to footage collected during...

    Machete Gillette... Mama
  • 2018
    On Broadway Cemetery

    On Broadway Cemetery

    On Broadway Cemetery

    02018HD

    A meditative stroll through Sacramento landmarks, from the gentrified to the urban.

    On Broadway Cemetery
  • 1991
    Cowboy and Maria in Town

    Cowboy and Maria in Town

    Cowboy and Maria in Town

    01991HD

    Exploring individual responses to rapid social change, Cowboy and Maria in town follows the parallel lives of its two central characters. Cowboy and...

    Cowboy and Maria in Town
  • 2006
    Melodies of the mountains

    Melodies of the mountains

    Melodies of the mountains

    02006HD

    Film about the singing and dancing culture of the Ingush people

    Melodies of the mountains
  • 1899
    Japonaise faisant sa toilette

    Japonaise faisant sa toilette

    Japonaise faisant sa toilette

    5.21899HD

    A young woman in traditional Japanese attire fixes her hair and kimono while her servants assist her.

    Japonaise faisant sa toilette