Movies: Ethnographical
- 1957
Journey Beyond Three Seas (1957)
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This first co-production of the Soviet and Indian cinematographers is dedicated to the Tver merchant Afanasy Nikitin who in 1466-1472 blazed the trade way from Europe to India. The film is based on Nikitin’s travel notes. Starring in the film are pop...
- 1973
The Sannikov Land (1973)
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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 deal with all the consequences....
- 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...
- 1918
Japan in Feast (1918)
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An actuality film showing a Buddhist festival in Kyoto. The procession includes Buddhist monks, geishas, and others dressed coordinately to the Japanese tradition....
- 1957
The Hunters (1957)
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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 Namibia. The footage was shot by John Marshall during a Smithsonian-Harvard Peabody sponsored expediti...
- 1901
Esquimaux Game of Snap-the-Whip (1901)
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“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 the background will be seen one of their "Topeks," a sealskin tent in which they live during their short s...
- 2023
Nkumi, everyday life (2023)
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Short ethnographic documentary showing some everyday life scenes based upon footage shot by director Luc de Heusch in Congo in 1954 reassembled by Damien Mottier (Université Paris Nanterre) and Grace Winter (CINEMATEK)....
- 1897
Barrage du Nil (1897)
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Travellers, nomads and salesmen make their way along a dam next to the Nile....
- 2017
Ghostland: The View of the Ju'Hoansi (2017)
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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 change. The Ju/Hoansi Bushmen in Namibia are not allowed to hunt anymore and need to converge with our so ...
- 1899
Moulin à homme pour l'arrosage des rizières (1899)
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A man demonstrates a human-powered water wheel that irrigates a rice field....
- 1985
Naked Spaces: Living Is Round (1985)
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Shot with stunning elegance and clarity, NAKED SPACES explores the rhythm and ritual of life in the rural environments of six West African countries (Mauritania, Mali, Burkino Faso, Togo, Benin and Senegal). The nonlinear structure of NAKED SPACES ch...
- 2018
On Broadway Cemetery (2018)
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A meditative stroll through Sacramento landmarks, from the gentrified to the urban....
- 2007
Funeral Chants from the Georgian Caucasus (2007)
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A short film set in the mountainous province of Svaneti, documents the performance of polyphonic men’s funerary laments common to the region....
- 1911
Banks of the Nile (1911)
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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 pulley system cows climb skywards then disappear into the hold of the sailing vessel. On the bank, b...
- 2023
Burial among the Tetela (2023)
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Short ethnographic documentary on the Tetela tribe in Congo based upon footage and commentary by director Luc de Heusch from 1953 reassembled by Damien Mottier (Université Paris Nanterre) and Grace Winter (CINEMATEK)....
- 1981
A Wife Among Wives (1981)
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David and Judith MacDougall are exploring the marriage rituals and roles of Turkana women in this ethnographic documentary. The film's biggest part is taken up by talks between the Turkana people. As one of the first ethnographic documentaries "A Wif...
- 2002
Dukas Dilemma (2002)
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- 1947
Without Prejudice (1947)
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The film was made on the basis of the literary version of events in the life of the famous Russian ethnographer, anthropologist, biologist and traveler who studied the indigenous population of South-East Asia, Australia and Oceania....
- 1899
Danseuses cambodgiennes du roi Norodom, II (1899)
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- 1972
Congo (1972)
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An experimental ethnographic documentary that criticizes the colonizer view of anthropology....