The film tells two parallel stories. One, set in the present, tells of a pagent about the conquest of America, while the other, set in the 15th century, tells of a group of conquistadors coming ashore searching for gold. The film takes place in an unnamed country.
Early Mondo film featuring primitive rituals, animals being butchered, unusual birth defects, and a ...

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

An experimental ethnographic documentary that criticizes the colonizer view of anthropology.

John Bishop and Naomi Bishop present a portrait a peculiar life style of the Himalayan indigenous Sh...
Short ethnographic documentary on the Tetela tribe in Congo based upon footage and commentary by dir...
Short ethnographic documentary showing a leopard dance based upon footage shot by director Luc de He...
'Mod' is an attempt by the filmmaker at communicating with the young men who hang out at the ‘notori...
A 16-minute short shot with a totally subjective eye; conveys the mythic life sense and social eleme...

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

A five-year visual ethnography of traditional yet practical orchestration of Semana Santa in a small...

An actuality film showing a Buddhist festival in Kyoto. The procession includes Buddhist monks, geis...
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.
“The picture [shows] a number of Esquimaux picking nickels from cracks in a board with their dog whi...
A man demonstrates a human-powered water wheel that irrigates a rice field.

This documentary looks at the stories of a few people in Aspen Colorado and how they contribute to t...

A documentary about the daily life of a native Tzotzil community in southern Mexico, shot over a per...
Exploring individual responses to rapid social change, Cowboy and Maria in town follows the parallel...