Ethnographic Film Movies

  • 1974
    An Afghan Village

    An Afghan Village

    An Afghan Village

    101974HD

    A collage of daily life in Aq Kupruk builds from the single voice that calls the townspeople to prayer, the brisk exchange of the baazar, communal...

    An Afghan Village
  • 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
  • 1974
    Afghan Nomads (The Maldar)

    Afghan Nomads (The Maldar)

    Afghan Nomads (The Maldar)

    81974HD

    At dawn a nomad caravan descends on Aq Kupruk from the foothills of the Hindu Kush. In their camp, and in commerce with the townspeople, the Maldar...

    Afghan Nomads (The Maldar)
  • 2026
    in the present tense

    in the present tense

    in the present tense

    02026HD

    What is an ethnographic film? Can there even be one? This film is an attempt— or, as we have come to call it, a "botched baby"— of trying...

    in the present tense
  • 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