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...
“One of the principal features at the Pan-American Exposition is the Alaskan or Esquimaux Village. In this most interesting exhibit, scenes are...
This first co-production of the Soviet and Indian cinematographers is dedicated to the Tver merchant Afanasy Nikitin who in 1466-1472 blazed the...
“The picture [shows] a number of Esquimaux picking nickels from cracks in a board with their dog whips, in which sport they are very expert. In...
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...
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...
David and Judith MacDougall are exploring the marriage rituals and roles of Turkana women in this ethnographic documentary. The film's biggest part...
A short film featuring several dancers from different countries: first an Arabian dancer, then an Algerian belly dancer, and finally Scottish...
The film was made on the basis of the literary version of events in the life of the famous Russian ethnographer, anthropologist, biologist and...
Travellers, nomads and salesmen make their way along a dam next to the Nile.
An experimental ethnographic documentary that criticizes the colonizer view of anthropology.
Early Mondo film featuring primitive rituals, animals being butchered, unusual birth defects, and a legit trepanation scene.
A young woman in traditional Japanese attire fixes her hair and kimono while her servants assist her.
A meditative stroll through Sacramento landmarks, from the gentrified to the urban.
A five-year visual ethnography of traditional yet practical orchestration of Semana Santa in a small town where religious woodcarving is the...
Kufikira Kwaulere Kwaulere, Sakani chilichonse Palibe Zotsatsa, Mamiliyoni a maudindo ndikuwonjezedwa tsiku lililonse, Onse nsanja ndi Kwathunthu wokometsedwa, Kulikonse komanso nthawi iliyonse