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...

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

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

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 ...
The Bapst Brothers: Romain, Maurice and Jacques – whom we will also meet in The Gruyere Chronicle (p...

In Sangha, through the window of her house, Germaine greets Djamgouno, her main informant. He then t...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

The title of this film translates literally as 'to put on a hori,' a hori being the Songhay term for...