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Reports on events of the summer of 1993 when Russian archaeologists discovered a new burial, bringing to light the frozen body of a Scythian woman buried 250 years ago in the AltaÔ mountains. Also examines...
A portrait of a rarely performed cosmogenic ritual in the domain of Wai Brama in eastern Flores, Indonesia. The people are shifting cultivators, hunters and gatherers who have maintained their traditional...
Sir Raymond Firth, one of Britain’s most eminent anthropologists, in conversation with Peter Loizos. Firth looks back on memories of New Zealand, Tikopia, and Malaya and recalls other anthropologists. His...
Shot over a period of four months in 1992 in the cinema-verité style, the film examines the experiences of Bakul Bagan Saborna, a 21-year-old Bengali girl and cousin of the film-maker, leaving her large,...
Shows Maria do Carmo Gago, who at age 83 still lives alone in the Portuguese countryside. After a lifetime of adapting to change, she is used to making her own choices, preferring the earthy contact of her...
Tells the story of anthropologist Alfred Kreoeber and Ishi, who walked out of the hills of northern California in 1911, and was the last living Yahi Indian. Ishi spent the last four years of his life at the...
Two documentary films featuring the Czech minority in Romania. 1) Jacub (65 min): presents an ethnographic-sociological study of the life of the Ruthenians, filmed in the Maramuresh mountains in the north of...
Documentary series about the Evenki (formerly the Tungus), who are scattered all over eastern Siberia. They are a nomadic tribe who move with the household and reindeer throughout the year, never having a...
Introduces the world of Sikavi, a ‘fetish priest’ in Lome, Togo, who controls the spirits of several voodoos or gods. Explores the significance of sacrifice and possession in communicating with spirits...
NAGAYATI, which means ‘be in peace’, explores the arts and architecture of the Gabra nomads in northern Kenya. The Gabra are one of the nomadic peoples living in the desert of the central part of...
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