Anthropology Movies

About the "concheros", dancers in México City that keep aztec traditions alive.

This film shows Madi people dancing.

"Tubabs" is a nickname for foreigners, especially white ones, in the West African country of Gambia. In this documentary filmed by Mary Flannery, a...

Raised in one of the most violent outskirts of Fortaleza, the Cruz brothers had their lives shaped by music to the point that their parents turned...

The subject is two grotesque-looking human beings who are sitting on the deck of a ship. The two weird individuals sit cross-legged and do the...

A film about Mali's ancient culture, and this culture's position in the country today. Filmed with a Malian crew, cut to the beat of Malian music,...

John Bishop and Naomi Bishop present a portrait a peculiar life style of the Himalayan indigenous Sherpa people in their documentary , the Himalayan...

Explores the historical and contemporary significance of salt, detailing its extraction from the earth and oceans, its role in food preservation,...

This film follows the lives over one year, shot during three intervals, of two Basque shepherding families who live in Santazi, a village in the...

Vaastu Marabu documents the theory and practice of the Vaastu tradition of Indian art, architecture, craft and design. One of the foremost shilpis...

Avelino Chillarón was 12 or 13 years old when he realized that his surnames and those of his cousins ​​didn't match, so he decided...

An anthropological documentary that gives voice to the Orokavia women in Papua New Guinea and shows their daily lives.

Thanassakis, a 13-year-old boy, is staying with his grandparents in the Greek village of Ano Ravenia, while his parents stay with his younger brother...

“The barbaric negro inhabitants of an African village are shown in their various forms of activity, the first view being a photograph of a...

Short documentary about the traditions, lives and culture of the Qadiri tariqa of Iran's Kurdistan

Ano Ravenia, a mountain village in Greece, young men leave to find work, learn a trade or serve in the Army while a young woman may leave her...

An Introduction to the Primates, covers 41 species of primates ranging from the 300-gram sized pygmy slow loris to the 200-kilogram sized gorilla. At...