Social:List of visual anthropology films

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This is a chronologic list of representative anthropologically-minded films and filmmakers:
  • Alfred C. Haddon – UK
    • Torres Strait Expedition, 1898
  • Edward S. Curtis – US
    • In the Land of the Head Hunters, 1916
  • Percy Powell-Cotton - UK
    • Crafts in the Cameroons, 1931
    • Gorilla Drive, Cameroons, 1931
    • Osonigbe Juju House and Benin Brass Cutting, 1931
  • Robert J. Flaherty – US
    • Nanook of the North, 1922
    • Moana, 1926
    • Tabu, 1931
    • Man of Aran, 1934
    • Louisiana Story, 1948
  • José Leitão de Barros – Portugal
    • Maria do Mar, 1930
    • Ala-Arriba! (film), 1942
  • Jean Epstein – Poland
    • L'or des mers (The ocean's gold), 1932
  • Diana and Antoinette Powell-Cotton - UK
    • Angola: Dombondola Potter, 1936
    • Angola: Scenes from a household (Dombondola), 1936
  • Jean Rouch – France
    • Les Maîtres Fous (The Mad Masters), 1954
    • Moi, un noir, 1958
    • Chronique d’un été (Chronicle of a Summer), 1961
    • Jaguar (Jean Rouch film), 1954 – 1967
    • Petit à petit, 1972
  • Lionel Rogosin – US
    • On the Bowery, 1957
    • Come Back, Africa, 1957
  • John Marshall – US
    • The Hunters (1957 film), 1957
    • N!ai: The Story of a !Kung Woman, 1980
    • A Kalahari Family, 1951 – 2000
  • António Campos – Portugal
    • A Almadraba atuneira (Tuna net), 1961
    • Vilarinho das Furnas, 1971
    • Histórias selvagens (Savage stories), 1978
    • Falamos de Rio de Onor (Let’s talk about Rio de Onor)
    • Gente da Praia da Vieira (The people of Praia da Vieira), 1976
    • Terra fria (Cold land), 1992
  • Manoel de Oliveira – Portugal
    • Acto da Primavera (Act of Spring), 1963
  • Michel Brault – Canada
    • Pour la suite du monde, (Of Whales, the Moon and Men), 1963
    • Les Ordres (Orderers) 1975
    • Les Noces de papier (Paper wedings), 1990
  • Pierre Perrault – Canada
    • Pour la suite du monde (Of Whales, the Moon and Men, 1963
  • Robert Gardner – US
    • Dead Birds, 1964
    • The Nuer, 1970
    • Rivers of Sand, 1975
    • Sons of Shiva, 1985
    • Forest of Bliss, 1986
  • David MacDougall and Judith MacDougall – Australia
    • To Live with Herds, 1968/1972
    • Nawi, 1968/1970
    • The Wedding Camels, 1974/1977
    • Lorang's Way, 1974/1979
    • A Wife among Wives, 1974/1981
    • Three Horsemen, 1978/1982
    • Stockman's Strategy, 1982/1984
    • Collum Calling Canberra, 1982/1984
    • Doon School Chronicles,1997-1998/2000
    • Diyas, 1997/2000
  • Tim Asch – US
    • The Feast, 1969
    • Yanomamo: A Multidisciplinary Study, 1971
    • Magical Death, 1974
    • The Ax Fight, 1975
    • A Man Called "Bee": Studying the Yanomamo, 1975
    • A Balinese Trance Seance, 1979[1]
    • Jero on Jero: A Balinese Trance Seance Observed, 1980[1]
    • Jero Tapakan: Stories From the Life of a Balinese Healer, 1983[2]
    • The Medium is the Masseuse: A Balinese Massage, 1983[2]
    • The Water of Words: A Cultural Ecology of an Eastern Indonesian Island, 1983[3]
    • Spear and Sword: a Ceremonial Payment of Bridewealth, 1989[4]
    • Releasing the Spirits, 1990[5]
    • A Celebration of Origins, 1992[6]
  • António Reis and Margarida Cordeiro – Portugal
    • Trás-os-Montes, 1976
    • Ana (film), 1984
  • Noémia Delgado – Portugal
    • Máscaras (Masks), 1976
  • Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson
    • First Contact, 1983
    • Joe Leahy’s Neighbors, 1988
    • Black Harvest, 1991
  • Dennis O'Rourke – Australia
    • Yumi Yet – Independence for Papua New Guinea, 1976
    • Ileksen – Politics in Papua New Guinea, 1978
    • Yap ... How Did you Know We’d Like TV, 1980
    • The Shark Callers of Kontu, 1982
    • Couldn’t Be Fairer, 1984
    • Half Life: A Parable for the Nuclear Age, 1985
    • Cannibal Tours, 1988
    • The Good Woman of Bangkok, 1991
    • Cunnamulla, 2000
    • Land Mines -- A Love Story, 2004
  • John Melville Bishop - US
    • Rhesus Play, 1977
    • YoYo Man, 1978
    • The Land Where The Blues Began, 1979
    • New England Fiddles & New England Dances, 1983
    • The Last Window, 1987
    • Himalayan Herders, 1997
    • Hosay Trinidad (1999)
    • Oh What A Blow That Phantom Gave Me, 2003, (with Harald E.L. Prins)
    • Oss Tales, 2007
    • John Bishop Short Films, (14 films 1975-2007)
  • Pedro Costa – Portugal
    • Casa de Lava (Down to Earth), 1994
    • Ossos (Bones), 1997
    • No Quarto da Vanda (In Vanda’s room), 2000
    • Juventude em Marcha (Colossal youth), 2006
  • Flora Gomes – Guiné-Bissau
    • Po di Sangui, 1996
    • Nha Fala, 2002
  • Fernando Meirelles – Brazil
    • Cidade de Deus, (City of God), 2002
  • Randy Olson
    • Flock of Dodos, 2006
    • Oh, What a Blow that Phantom Gave Me! 2003 (with John Bishop)
  • Harjant Gill - US / India
    • Milind Soman Made Me Gay, 2007
    • Roots of Love, 2011
    • Mardistan/Macholand, 2014
    • Sent Away Boys, 2016
  • Robert Lemelson – US
    • 40 Years of Silence: An Indonesian Tragedy, 2009
    • Afflictions: Culture and Mental Health in Indonesia Film Series, 2010 / 2011
      • Shadows and Illuminations, 2010
      • Family Victim, 2010
      • The Bird Dancer, 2010
      • Kites and Monsters, 2011
      • Memory of My Face, 2011
      • Ritual Burdens, 2011
    • Jathilan: Trance and Possession in Java, 2011
    • Ngaben: Emotion and Restraint in a Balinese Heart, 2012
    • Standing on the Edge of a Thorn, 2012

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