Forest of Bliss is an unsparing yet redemptive account of the inevitable griefs, religious passions and frequent happinesses that punctuate daily life in Benares, India's most holy city. The film unfolds from one sunrise to the next without commentary, subtitles or dialogue. It is an attempt to give the viewer a wholly authentic, though greatly magnified and concentrated, sense of participation in the experiences examined by the film.
In Isère, in the mountainous region of Trièves, is the Tournesol farm, an experiential farm totally ...
Shigeki, one of the Ainu people of northern Japan, follows the traditions of his ancestors and teach...
After his Tokyo farewell ceremony, Yamamoto's ashes were sent to Kyoto on March 9. Many friends and ...
David and Judith MacDougall are exploring the marriage rituals and roles of Turkana women in this et...
In front of Jean Rouch's camera, Germaine Dieterlen recalls her ethnographic itinerary, at the Musée...
Germaine Dierterlen talks about Dogon mythology at a conference on the Bandiagara cliffs. The Songo ...
In Sangha, through the window of her house, Germaine greets Djamgouno, her main informant. He then t...
A ritual vase, the hampi, is placed in the center of the Musée de plein air de la République du Nige...
Lightning struck the hut of a Fulani shepherd near a village of settled fishermen, Ganghel, in Niger...
An account of the journey that King Alfonso XIII of Spain made to the impoverished shire of Las Hurd...
A unique 'direct cinema' feature length documentary (no narration or interviews) originally filmed i...
This documentary started as part of a photography project about the indigenous Ainu population in no...
A synaesthetic portrait made between French Polynesia and Brittany, Color-blind follows the restless...
This intimate ethnographic study of Voudoun dances and rituals was shot by Maya Deren during her yea...
The story of a poor girl who leaves her starving family and sheep for a more prosperous village. Her...
In the Darhat valley in northern Mongolia, the horses of nomadic tribes are stolen by bandits who th...
Founding father of Anthropology, Bronislaw Malinowski's work raises powerful and disturbing question...