List of visual anthropology films


 * 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
 * Zora Neale Hurston - US
 * Fieldwork Footage, 1928
 * Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940
 * 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!, 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
 * Margaret Mead - US
 * Trance and Dance in Bali (Trance and Dance in Bali), 1937
 * Jean Rouch – France
 * Les Maîtres Fous (The Mad Masters), 1954
 * Moi, un noir, 1958
 * Chronique d’un été (Chronicle of a Summer), 1961
 * Jaguar, 1954–1967
 * Petit à petit, 1972
 * Lionel Rogosin – US
 * On the Bowery, 1957
 * Come Back, Africa, 1957
 * John Marshall – US
 * The Hunters, 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, 1963
 * Orders (Les Ordres) 1975
 * The Paper Wedding (Les Noces de papier), 1990
 * Pierre Perrault – Canada
 * Pour la suite du monde, 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
 * Jero on Jero: A Balinese Trance Seance Observed, 1980
 * Jero Tapakan: Stories From the Life of a Balinese Healer, 1983
 * The Medium is the Masseuse: A Balinese Massage, 1983
 * The Water of Words: A Cultural Ecology of an Eastern Indonesian Island, 1983
 * Spear and Sword: a Ceremonial Payment of Bridewealth, 1989
 * Releasing the Spirits, 1990
 * A Celebration of Origins, 1992
 * António Reis and Margarida Cordeiro – Portugal
 * Trás-os-Montes, 1976
 * Ana, 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 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
 * Ziba Mir-Hosseini and Kim Longinotto - Iran/UK
 * Divorce Iranian Style, 1998
 * Runaway, 2001
 * Ruth Behar - Cuba/US
 * Adio Kerida (Goodbye Dear Love) 2002
 * Randy Olson
 * Flock of Dodos, 2006
 * Harjant Gill - US / India
 * Milind Soman Made Me Gay, 2007
 * Roots of Love, 2011
 * Mardistan/Macholand, 2014
 * Sent Away Boys, 2016
 * Véréna Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor- France/UK
 * Leviathan, 2012
 * somniloquies, 2017
 * Caniba, 2017
 * 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