Germaine Dierterlen talks about Dogon mythology at a conference on the Bandiagara cliffs. The Songo canopy is a sacred site in Bandiagara. Its walls are covered with paintings depicting the different phases of creation. A little further on, in a cave near the village of Bongo, symposium participants are discussing the Tellem, the people who lived in the houses built into the cliffs before the arrival of the Dogon. The archaeological remains and migratory movements of these two peoples are discussed.

This intimate ethnographic study of Voudoun dances and rituals was shot by Maya Deren during her yea...
A partnership between the Government of Mali and an American agricultural investor may see 200-squar...

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

The people of Unamenshipu (La Romaine), an Innu community in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, are see...
Are tourists destroying the planet-or saving it? How do travelers change the remote places they visi...

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

The film shows Catherine Destivelle's trip to Dogon Country, in Mali, where she will make spectacula...

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

Shigeki, one of the Ainu people of northern Japan, follows the traditions of his ancestors and teach...
An ethnographic film that tells the story of the mask makers and dancers during the festival of the ...

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

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...

When Lena and Ulli start the engine of their old Land Rover, Lady Terés, they have a plan: to drive ...
The Bapst Brothers: Romain, Maurice and Jacques – whom we will also meet in The Gruyere Chronicle (p...

For months filmmaker Thierry Knauff lived with the Cameroonian tribe, the Baka. This is his document...

An account of the journey that King Alfonso XIII of Spain made to the impoverished shire of Las Hurd...