Ethnographical Movies

About the "concheros", dancers in México City that keep aztec traditions alive.

Short ethnographic documentary showing some everyday life scenes based upon footage shot by director Luc de Heusch in Congo in 1954 reassembled by...

A young woman in traditional Japanese attire fixes her hair and kimono while her servants assist her.

“The picture [shows] a number of Esquimaux picking nickels from cracks in a board with their dog whips, in which sport they are very expert. In...

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

As retailers, wholesalers, and negotiators, Asante women of Ghana dominate the huge Kumasi Central Market amid the laughter, argument, colour and...

An actuality film showing a Buddhist festival in Kyoto. The procession includes Buddhist monks, geishas, and others dressed coordinately to the...

Ñaalec (Fabián Valdez) is a Moqoit college student disenchanted with formal ways of learning and embarrassed by his drunken classmates....

The people and their labor are bound to the land in the cycle of activities to the sowing to the harvesting of wheat. Without narration or subtitles,...

Short ethnographic documentary showing a leopard dance based upon footage shot by director Luc de Heusch in Congo in 1954 reassembled by Damien...

Film about the singing and dancing culture of the Ingush people

Drawing together footage, photographs and texts from archival sources as well as the artist’s personal collection of materials, Yto...

African men dance, sing and play instruments.

A meditative stroll through Sacramento landmarks, from the gentrified to the urban.