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.
Rites and operation of the circumcision of thirty Songhai children on the Niger. Material of this fi...

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

How’s the Big Everything? Garba asks Nicole. For them, the “Big Everything” encompasses family, poli...

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

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

A group of filmmakers travel to a Kolla community in Salta to film their folkways. We see all aspect...

AMIN portrays Qashqai musician Amin Aghaie, a young modern nomad and his family who despite facing s...
While no wrestling is actually depicted, Atilogivu: The Story of a Wrestling Match documents gymnast...

On the night of 3 August 1996 a school of striped dolphins ran ashore near the village of Tuo on Nga...

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

Founding father of Anthropology, Bronislaw Malinowski's work raises powerful and disturbing question...

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...

As retailers, wholesalers, and negotiators, Asante women of Ghana dominate the huge Kumasi Central M...

Remember the culture clash in THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY? This time it's real. One of the most ancient c...

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

In front of Jean Rouch's camera, Germaine Dieterlen recalls her ethnographic itinerary, at the Musée...

Germaine Dierterlen talks about Dogon mythology at a conference on the Bandiagara cliffs. The Songo ...