"Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial" was a 1983 episode of the PBS science documentary series NOVA. It explored the field of anthropology, particularly in the context of Papua New Guinea, from the perspective of the people being studied.

An experimental ethnographic documentary that criticizes the colonizer view of anthropology.
John Waiko is the first Papua New Guinea man to graduate with a PhD and be appointed a professor. He...

This film is a portrait of unique cultural space for Spirits, Gods and People. While permanent theat...

March 2008. The renowned journal ‘Science’ publishes an article confirming that the human bones disc...

Drawing on original footage from National Geographic, Etched in Bone explores the impact of one noto...
Captain Kleinschmidt leads an expedition sponsored by the Carnegie Museum to the arctic regions of A...

A young anthropologist reflects on her late grandmother's religious background.

In GLOBAL METAL, directors Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn set out to discover how the West's most malign...

Haunted by uncanny similarities between Nazi stage techniques and the showmanship employed by modern...

The film discusses the traits and originators of some of metal's many subgenres, including the New W...

Conservationists Jim and Jean Thomas braved the steamy jungles of Papua New Guinea to save a tree ka...

A detailed record of the first stage male initiation ceremony of the Baruya of the Eastern Highlands...

The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director We...

In 1973, five men and six women drifted across the Atlantic on a raft as part of a scientific experi...

Mr. Burbridge's party slew three giant gorillas, one weighing something like 450 pounds. Two of thes...
A report following the dramatic events of the Sandline affair, which resulted in the resignation of ...

Commissioned by the journal Présence Africaine, this short documentary examines how African art is d...

Religious-based images and traditions permeate the lives of all the people who inhabit Seville. His...