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

• Robert J. Flaherty – US
  • Nanook of the North, 1922
  • Moana, 1926
  • Man of Aran, 1934
  • Tabu, 1936
  • Louisiana Story, 1948

• José Leitão de Barros – Portugal
  • Maria do Mar, 1930
  • Ala-Arriba! (film), 1942
• Jean Epstein – Poland
  • L’or des mers (The oceans gold), 1932

• Jean Rouch – France
  • Les Maîtres Fous (The Mad Masters), 1954
  • Moi, un noir, 1958
  • Chronique d’un été (Chronicle of a Summer), 1961
  • Jaguar (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
  • 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
  • Forest of Bliss, 1986
  • Dead Birds, 1964
  • The Nuer, 1970
  • Rivers of Sand, 1975
  • Forest of Bliss, 1986

• David MacDougall and Judith MacDougall – AUS

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• • Nawi, 1968/1970
  • 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
  • A Balinese Trance Seance, 1979 - see A Balinese Trance Seance
  • Jero on Jero: A Balinese Trance Seance Observed, 1980 - see Jero on Jero: A Balinese Trance Seance Observed
  • Jero Tapakan: Stories From the Life of a Balinese Healer, 1983 - see Jero Tapakan: Stories From the Life of a Balinese Healer
  • The Medium is the Masseuse: A Balinese Massage, 1983 - see The Medium is the Masseuse: A Balinese Massage
  • The Water of Words: A Cultural Ecology of an Eastern Indonesian Island, 1983 - see The Water of Words: A Cultural Ecology of an Eastern Indonesian Island
  • Spear and Sword: a Ceremonial Payment of Bridewealth, 1989 - see Spear and Sword: a Ceremonial Payment of Bridewealth
  • Releasing the Spirits, 1990 - see Releasing the Spirits
  • A Celebration of Origins, 1992 - see A Celebration of Origins

• Janet Hoskins – US, see Janet Hoskins
  • The Feast in Dream Village, 1988 - see The Feast in Dream Village
  • Horses of Life and Death, 1991 - see Horses of Life and Death
  • The Left Eye of God, 2008 - see The Left Eye of God

• 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

• Ricardo Costa – Portugal
  • Avieiros, 1975
  • Mau tempo, marés e mudança (Changing Tides), 1976
  • Castro Laboreiro, 1979
  • Pitões, aldeia do Barroso (Pitoes, a village of Barroso), 1979
  • O Pão e o Vinho (Bread and Wine (film), 1981
  • Longe é a cidade (Far is the city), 1981
  • 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 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 E.L. Prins)
  • Oss Tales, 2007
  • John Bishop Short Films (14 films 1975-2007)

• 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

• 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

• 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
• Nena Toth- filmmaker- Canada
  • Canoeing to the Arctic, 2007
• Monique Derenia - United States
  • Why Not Dad?, 2007