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.
Niger is one of the poorest countries in the world and is also plagued by numerous terrorist organiz...
The Bapst Brothers: Romain, Maurice and Jacques – whom we will also meet in The Gruyere Chronicle (p...
The young goat herders from the cliff of Bandiagara practice on the stone drums of their ancestors. ...
Estonia's first ethnographic film. Made by Johannes Pääsuke in 1913 on his expedition to Setomaa, th...
At a dusty crossroads in the desert city of Niamey, Niger, a crippled beggar is sitting in his wheel...
"Tourou et Bitti", an eight minute documentary concerning a ritual in Niger, is yet another example ...
As retailers, wholesalers, and negotiators, Asante women of Ghana dominate the huge Kumasi Central M...
A synaesthetic portrait made between French Polynesia and Brittany, Color-blind follows the restless...
Commemorative celebrations of the independence of the Republic of Niger filmed in December 1961 and ...
Rites and operation of the circumcision of thirty Songhai children on the Niger. Material of this fi...
In Isère, in the mountainous region of Trièves, is the Tournesol farm, an experiential farm totally ...
An account of the journey that King Alfonso XIII of Spain made to the impoverished shire of Las Hurd...
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...
Forest of Bliss is an unsparing yet redemptive account of the inevitable griefs, religious passions ...
Founding father of Anthropology, Bronislaw Malinowski's work raises powerful and disturbing question...
David and Judith MacDougall are exploring the marriage rituals and roles of Turkana women in this et...
An ethnographic film that tells the story of the mask makers and dancers during the festival of the ...
A unique 'direct cinema' feature length documentary (no narration or interviews) originally filmed i...