Ethnographic Film Movies

  • 2015
    Saynatakuna: Masks and Transfigurations in Paukartambo

    Saynatakuna: Masks and Transfigurations in Paukartambo

    Saynatakuna: Masks and Transfigurations in Paukartambo

    02015HD

    An ethnographic film that tells the story of the mask makers and dancers during the festival of the Virgen del Carmen in Paukartambo, Cuzco. The...

    Saynatakuna: Masks and Transfigurations in Paukartambo
  • 1932
    Cooking Milk with Hot Stones

    Cooking Milk with Hot Stones

    Cooking Milk with Hot Stones

    01932HD

    An ethnographic film by Milovan Gavazzi, the founder of Croatian ethnology. The films displays a practice that was already a rarity at the time.

    Cooking Milk with Hot Stones
  • 1968
    Yenendi de Ganghel (Rain Dance at Ganghel)

    Yenendi de Ganghel (Rain Dance at Ganghel)

    Yenendi de Ganghel (Rain Dance at Ganghel)

    01968HD

    Lightning struck the hut of a Fulani shepherd near a village of settled fishermen, Ganghel, in Niger. A yenendi, a purification ceremony to obtain...

    Yenendi de Ganghel (Rain Dance at Ganghel)
  • 1970
    The River in Me

    The River in Me

    The River in Me

    01970HD

    Traversing 700,000 square kilometers over 700 days, the filmmakers bring the stories of five people who crisscross the Yellow River to perform their...

    The River in Me