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
• 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, see Tabu
  • Man of Aran, 1934
  • Louisiana Story, 1948, see Louisiana Story
• José Leitão de Barros – Portugal
  • Maria do Mar, 1930, see Maria do Mar
  • Ala-Arriba! (film), 1942
• Jean Epstein – Poland
  • L'or des mers (The ocean's gold), 1932, see L’or des mers
• 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, see Tim Asch
  • 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
• Janet Hoskins – US
  • The Feast in Dream Village, 1988
  • Horses of Life and Death, 1991
  • The Left Eye of God, 2008
• Sarah Elder (films co-directed by Leonard Kamerling) – Australia
  • Tununeremiut, 1972
  • At the Time of Whaling, 1974
  • On the Spring Ice, 1975
  • From the First People, 1977
  • The Drums of Winter, 1988
  • In Iirgus Time, 1988
  • Joe Sun, 1988
  • Reindeer Thief, 1988
  • Avieiros, 1975
  • Castro Laboreiro, 1979
  • Ao fundo desta estrada (Further ahead on this road) 1981
• 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, see Rhesus Play
  • YoYo Man, 1978
  • The Land Where The Blues Began, 1979, see The Land Where The Blues Began
  • New England Fiddles & New England Dances, 1983, see New England Fiddles & New England Dances
  • The Last Window, 1987, see The Last Window
  • Himalayan Herders, 1997, see Himalayan Herders
  • Hosay Trinidad (1999)
  • Oh What A Blow That Phantom Gave Me, 2003, see Oh What A Blow That Phantom Gave Me (with Harald E.L. Prins)
  • Oss Tales, 2007, see Oss Tales
  • John Bishop Short Films, (14 films 1975-2007), see John Bishop Short Films
• Jayasinhji Jhala - US, see Jayasinhji Jhala – US
  • Forgotten Headhunters and Apatani Sacrifice, 1978
  • Tragada Bhavai: A Rural Theater Troupe of Gujarat, 1981
  • Journey with Ganapati, 1982
  • Bharvad Predicament, 1987
  • Morning With Asch, 1995
  • Whose Paintings?, 1995
  • Conversation with a Collector: Dialogue with a Docent, 1997
  • Letter to My Nieces, 2000
  • Close Encounters of No Kind, 2002
  • A Zenana: Scenes and Recollections, 2005
  • ShaktiMa no Veh, 2006
• 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
• Harald E.L. Prins – Netherlands
  • Our Lives in Our Hands, 1985
  • Oh What A Blow That Phantom Gave Me, 2003, see Oh What A Blow That Phantom Gave Me (with John Bishop)
• Fernando Meirelles – Brazil
  • Cidade de Deus, (City of God), 2002
• Daniel E. Thorbecke – Germany
  • Terra Longe, (Far distant land), 2003
• Nena Toth- filmmaker- Canada
  • Phantasmagoria, 2003
  • Canoeing to the Arctic, 2007
• Chris Horner, see Chris Horner – Australia
  • The Disappearing of Tuvalu: Trouble In Paradise, 2004
• Randy Olson
  • Flock of Dodos, 2006
  • Oh, What a Blow that Phantom Gave Me!, 2003 (with John Bishop)
• Johannes Sjöberg – Sweden / United Kingdom
  • Transfiction, 2007
• Monique Derenia - United States
  • Why Not Dad?, 2007, see Why Not Dad?
• Harjant Gill - US / India
  • Milind Soman Made Me Gay, 2007
  • Roots of Love, 2011
  • Mardistan/Macholand, 2014
  • Sent Away Boys, 2016
• Carlos Serrano Azcona – Spain
  • Quantum Men, 2011
• Robert Lemelson – US
  • 40 Years of Silence: An Indonesian Tragedy, 2009 - see 40 Years of Silence: An Indonesian Tragedy
  • Afflictions: Culture and Mental Health in Indonesia Film Series, 2010 / 2011 - see Afflictions: Culture and Mental Health in Indonesia
    • Shadows and Illuminations, 2010 - see Shadows and Illuminations
    • Family Victim, 2010 - see Family Victim
    • The Bird Dancer, 2010 - see The Bird Dancer
    • Kites and Monsters, 2011 - see Kites and Monsters
    • Memory of My Face, 2011 - see Memory of My Face
    • Ritual Burdens, 2011 - see Ritual Burdens
  • Jathilan: Trance and Possession in Java, 2011 - see Jathilan: Trance and Possession in Java
  • Ngaben: Emotion and Restraint in a Balinese Heart, 2012 - see Ngaben: Emotion and Restraint in a Balinese Heart
  • Standing on the Edge of a Thorn, 2012 - see Standing on the Edge of a Thorn
• Giovanni Princigalli – Italy - Canada
  • Japigia gagi roma stories, 2003 - see [1]
  • Ho fatto il mio coraggio, 2009 - see [2]
  • Les fluers à la fenêtre, 2010-2012 - see [3]
• Delmi Alvarez – GZ
  • Himbas, struggle for survive. 2009/2010 Namibia.
  • O rei galego de África, Namibia, 2008
  • Dous galegos en Krasnodar, 2006 (Rusia)
  • Galegos da Guiana Venezolana (Venezuela).
  • Fuga de cerebros, 2009 (Sweden, Germany, USA, France)
• Linda Ainouche - France - USA
  • Dreadlock Story, 2014 - see [4]