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The Hunters

An ethnographic documentary following four Ju/’hoansi (!Kung) men during a multi-day giraffe hunt in the Kalahari Desert, filmed during the Smithsonia

1957

King Leopold's Ghost

The modern history of the Congo, the heart of Africa, is a terrifying tale of appalling brutality: how the greedy and incredibly ruthless King Leopold

2006

Chroniques d'un village tzotzil

A documentary about the daily life of a native Tzotzil community in southern Mexico, shot over a period of eight years.

1992

Congo

An experimental ethnographic documentary that criticizes the colonizer view of anthropology.

1972

The Porters

Some kids in Brussels play a game based upon objects that were brought back from the Congo and which were used during the Hutereau expedition.

2022

Prince

A man performs the same ritual every day: he cleans his shoes, dresses up in his shiny blue suit, wears his white gloves and grey hat, and spends his

2014

The Congolese Rainforests: Living on Borrowed Time

In June 2010, French actress Marion Cotillard spent a week in the heart of the tropical forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo with members of Gr

2010

Maman Marie Thérèse : retour à l'essentiel

2013

Dukas Dilemma

2002

The Vocation

Sven Nykvist, best known as Ingmar Bergman cinematographer, made this film as a tribute to his father who was a missionary in Kongo in the early 20th

1974

Kwaheri

Early Mondo film featuring primitive rituals, animals being butchered, unusual birth defects, and a legit trepanation scene.

1964

Africa Blood and Guts

A chronicle of the violence that occurred in much of the African continent throughout the 1960s. As many African countries were transitioning from col

1966

Africa's Piranha

The plains of Africa have always been a hotbed of predator action, but lurking in its rivers is perhaps its most elusive killer: the Goliath tigerfish

2014

A Wife Among Wives

David and Judith MacDougall are exploring the marriage rituals and roles of Turkana women in this ethnographic documentary. The film's biggest part is

1981

Burnt Earth

A visual travel diary on the expedition led by Brondeel in 1934. This expedition to Belgian Congo, by truck, became a testimony to the social conditio

1934

La máscara de la conquista

The film tells two parallel stories. One, set in the present, tells of a pagent about the conquest of America, while the other, set in the 15th centur

1986

Arba'een

Short ethnographic documentray about Arba'een, a Shia Muslim religious observance

1970

Mountain Town

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

2006

Bonobos: Back to the Wild

The critically important work by renowned naturalist Claudine Andre to save the endangered bonobo apes of the Congo is presented in this visually stun

2011

Enjoy Poverty

An investigation of the emotional and economic value of Africa's most lucrative export: filmed poverty. Deep in the interiors of the Congo, Dutch arti

2009