"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.

Drawing on original footage from National Geographic, Etched in Bone explores the impact of one noto...

An experimental ethnographic documentary that criticizes the colonizer view of anthropology.
Captain Kleinschmidt leads an expedition sponsored by the Carnegie Museum to the arctic regions of A...

Inspired by Steven Blush's book "American Hardcore: A tribal history" Paul Rachman's feature documen...

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...

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

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

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

This film is a portrait of unique cultural space for Spirits, Gods and People. While permanent theat...
The western half of the island of New Guinea has been known by many names including Netherlands New ...

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

A documentary that reveals the underbelly of the global aid and investment industry. It's a complex ...

Bomb Hunters is an engrossing examination of the micro-economy that has emerged in Cambodia from unt...

Inside the Khmer Rouge takes an in-depth look at the history, domination, and current status of the ...

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

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

This documentary follows three couples to see how things turned out several years after their weddin...

In 1945, a group of Australian soldiers inadvertently stumbled across Amelia Earhart's downed airpla...

Five stories about dignity in the capital of Peru. A local leader looking for someone to leave the p...