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.

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...

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

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

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

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

In Sangha, through the window of her house, Germaine greets Djamgouno, her main informant. He then t...

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

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

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Lightning struck the hut of a Fulani shepherd near a village of settled fishermen, Ganghel, in Niger...