A collage of daily life in Aq Kupruk builds from the single voice that calls the townspeople to prayer, the brisk exchange of the baazar, communal labor in the fields, and the uninhibited sports and entertainment of rural Afghans. The theme of the film focuses on rural society. The film and accompaning instructor notes explore concepts of development, modernization, environmental equilibrium, and especially change, identifying change agents, and analyzing barries and stimulants to change.

This documentary started as part of a photography project about the indigenous Ainu population in no...

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

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...

A unique 'direct cinema' feature length documentary (no narration or interviews) originally filmed i...

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

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

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

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

On the night of 3 August 1996 a school of striped dolphins ran ashore near the village of Tuo on Nga...

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

The story of a poor girl who leaves her starving family and sheep for a more prosperous village. Her...

Germaine Dierterlen talks about Dogon mythology at a conference on the Bandiagara cliffs. The Songo ...

Shigeki, one of the Ainu people of northern Japan, follows the traditions of his ancestors and teach...

As retailers, wholesalers, and negotiators, Asante women of Ghana dominate the huge Kumasi Central M...

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

Taking the form of a travel diary of a television journalist, this documentary tells about the life ...