A seven-day initiation ceremony is documented in which two women undergo ritual healing following a diagnosis of spirit possession, presented without narration, intertitles, or explanatory commentary.

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

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...
While no wrestling is actually depicted, Atilogivu: The Story of a Wrestling Match documents gymnast...

This intimate ethnographic study of Voudoun dances and rituals was shot by Maya Deren during her yea...

Yirrkala is an Aboriginal township on the Gove Peninsula in Northeast Arnhem Land. It was establishe...

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

Forest of Bliss is an unsparing yet redemptive account of the inevitable griefs, religious passions ...

This documentary offers an overview of French scientific research in Africa French scientific resear...

A portrait of Zomo, the second of Damouré Zika’s many children. Employed at the zoo of the National ...

A ritual vase, the hampi, is placed in the center of the Musée de plein air de la République du Nige...

In front of Jean Rouch's camera, Germaine Dieterlen recalls her ethnographic itinerary, at the Musée...

The Greek shadow puppetry began 130 years ago. A student of Greek shadow puppetry travels to China, ...

Filmed in May 1971 in Niger, this short documentary records a possession ritual performed by the Sim...

Commemorative celebrations of the independence of the Republic of Niger filmed in December 1961 and ...

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

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

For decades, the countries of the African Sahel region have been targets of colonialism and exploita...