In February 1974, Pam Sambo Zima, the oldest of the priests of possession in Niamey, Niger, died at the age of seventy-plus years. In his backyard, the followers from the possession cult symbolically break the dead priest's ritual vases and cry for the deceased while dividing up the clothes of the divinities.

This documentary started as part of a photography project about the indigenous Ainu population in no...

AMIN portrays Qashqai musician Amin Aghaie, a young modern nomad and his family who despite facing s...

This intimate ethnographic study of Voudoun dances and rituals was shot by Maya Deren during her yea...

The people of Unamenshipu (La Romaine), an Innu community in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, are see...

In the Darhat valley in northern Mongolia, the horses of nomadic tribes are stolen by bandits who th...

Taking the form of a travel diary of a television journalist, this documentary tells about the life ...

Portrays the Nuer, Nilotic herdsmen of the Nile basin. Shows how their daily lives revolve about the...

A ritual vase, the hampi, is placed in the center of the Musée de plein air de la République du Nige...

Forest of Bliss is an unsparing yet redemptive account of the inevitable griefs, religious passions ...

Robert J. Flaherty’s follow-up to Nanook of the North shifts from the Arctic to the South Seas, port...

A synaesthetic portrait made between French Polynesia and Brittany, Color-blind follows the restless...

Traversing 700,000 square kilometers over 700 days, the filmmakers bring the stories of five people ...

Shigeki, one of the Ainu people of northern Japan, follows the traditions of his ancestors and teach...

David and Judith MacDougall are exploring the marriage rituals and roles of Turkana women in this et...

"Tourou et Bitti", an eight minute documentary concerning a ritual in Niger, is yet another example ...

Niger is one of the poorest countries in the world and is also plagued by numerous terrorist organiz...
Rites and operation of the circumcision of thirty Songhai children on the Niger. Material of this fi...

The story of a poor girl who leaves her starving family and sheep for a more prosperous village. Her...