Short ethnographic documentary on the Tetela tribe in Congo based upon footage and commentary by director Luc de Heusch from 1953 reassembled by Damien Mottier (Université Paris Nanterre) and Grace Winter (CINEMATEK).

Shot with stunning elegance and clarity, NAKED SPACES explores the rhythm and ritual of life in the ...

Film about the singing and dancing culture of the Ingush people

An experimental ethnographic documentary that criticizes the colonizer view of anthropology.
Early Mondo film featuring primitive rituals, animals being butchered, unusual birth defects, and a ...
Short ethnographic documentary showing a leopard dance based upon footage shot by director Luc de He...
Short ethnographic documentary showing some everyday life scenes based upon footage shot by director...

The region of Lake Turkana, located in Kenya and Ethiopia, is considered to be “the Cradle of Humank...

"Monday's Girls" explores the conflict between modern individualism and traditional communities in t...
A woman from the Ashanti tribe bathes her child in a shallow bowl.

Travellers, nomads and salesmen make their way along a dam next to the Nile.

David and Judith MacDougall are exploring the marriage rituals and roles of Turkana women in this et...
The first Easter Island documentary, filmed in 1935 when the Belgian naval ship Mercator came to col...

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

An ethnographic film that documents the efforts of four !Kung men (also known as Ju/'hoansi or Bushm...

Short ethnographic documentray about Arba'een, a Shia Muslim religious observance
A young woman in traditional Japanese attire fixes her hair and kimono while her servants assist her...

An ethnographic documentary following the Folia de Reis party that is celebrated every year at Morro...

The film tells the story of ancient Ingush lullabies - Ingush women and men tell the lullabies of th...