Robert J. Flaherty's South Seas follow-up to Nanook of the North is a Gauguin idyll moved by "pride of beauty... pride of strength."

Release : 1926.01.07
Popularity : 6.3

Germaine Dierterlen talks about Dogon mythology at a conference on the Bandiagara cliffs. The Songo canopy is a sacred site in Bandiagara. Its walls...

Release : 1977.01.01
Popularity : 2.04

This intimate ethnographic study of Voudoun dances and rituals was shot by Maya Deren during her years in Haiti (1947-1951); she never edited the...

Release : 1993.03.20
Popularity : 1.525

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

Release : 1968.01.01
Popularity : 1.93

An ethnographic documentary about the Mangbetu tribe of the Belgian Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). The film features a discussion...

Release : 1954.01.01
Popularity : 1.887

A ritual vase, the hampi, is placed in the center of the Musée de plein air de la République du Niger in Niamey, during a ritual...

Release : 1962.05.07
Popularity : 1.651

In the Darhat valley in northern Mongolia, the horses of nomadic tribes are stolen by bandits who then sell them to Russian slaughterhouses....

Release : 2021.10.30
Popularity : 1.396

The title of this film translates literally as 'to put on a hori,' a hori being the Songhay term for ceremony of festival. Here it is used to refer...

Release : 1972.01.01
Popularity : 1.219

Remember the culture clash in THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY? This time it's real. One of the most ancient cultures on our planet is undergoing a major...

Release : 2017.11.02
Popularity : 1.204

In Sangha, through the window of her house, Germaine greets Djamgouno, her main informant. He then translates for her a conversation she has with a...

Release : 1996.01.01
Popularity : 0.983

Biopic of Ceferino Namuncurá (1886-1905), son of a Mapuche cacique and a white woman, and the first Indian of South America to be beatified....

Release : 1972.04.13
Popularity : 0.973

Forest of Bliss is an unsparing yet redemptive account of the inevitable griefs, religious passions and frequent happinesses that punctuate daily...

Release : 1986.03.12
Popularity : 1.351

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

Release : 1981.01.01
Popularity : 1.204

In front of Jean Rouch's camera, Germaine Dieterlen recalls her ethnographic itinerary, at the Musée de l'Homme, in Mali and in the Paris of...

Release : 1994.01.01
Popularity : 0.826

The young goat herders from the cliff of Bandiagara practice on the stone drums of their ancestors. An ethnomusicological film experiment describing...

Release : 1966.01.01
Popularity : 1.106

In February 1974, Pam Sambo Zima, the oldest of the priests of possession in Niamey, Niger, died at the age of seventy-plus years. In his backyard,...

Release : 1974.01.01
Popularity : 0.707

After a mysterious leader imposes his law in a brutal system of vertical cells, a new arrival battles against a dubious food distribution method.

Release : 2024.09.27
Popularity : 477.147

A listless Wade Wilson toils away in civilian life with his days as the morally flexible mercenary, Deadpool, behind him. But when his homeworld...

Release : 2024.07.24
Popularity : 5099.804

While struggling with his dual identity, Arthur Fleck not only stumbles upon true love, but also finds the music that's always been inside him.

Release : 2024.10.01
Popularity : 1372.519

A pre-wedding reunion descends into a psychological nightmare for a group of college friends when a surprise guest arrives with a mysterious suitcase.

Release : 2024.01.19
Popularity : 149.807

Author Ben Mears returns to his childhood home of Jerusalem's Lot only to discover his hometown is being preyed upon by a bloodthirsty vampire.

Release : 2024.10.03
Popularity : 283.882

When an American family is invited to spend the weekend at the idyllic country estate of a charming British family they befriended on vacation, what...

Release : 2024.09.11
Popularity : 2281.291

In 1930s Oklahoma amid the region's horrific dust storms, a woman is convinced that a sinister presence is threatening her family.

Release : 2024.09.12
Popularity : 86.128

A slab of food descends down a vertical facility. The residents above eat heartily, leaving those below starving and desperate. A rebellion is...

Release : 2019.11.08
Popularity : 292.436

When a hitman is diagnosed with a terminal illness, he decides to take a hit out on himself. But when the very hitmen he hired also target his...

Release : 2024.09.12
Popularity : 72.316

In a world where no one speaks, a devout female hunts down a young woman who has escaped her imprisonment. Recaptured by its ruthless leaders, Azrael...

Release : 2024.09.27
Popularity : 60.985

An ambitious chef opens a restaurant on a remote estate where she battles kitchen chaos, crushing self doubts… and a haunting presence who...

Release : 2024.09.21
Popularity : 66.975

Hired to cover up a high-profile crime, a fixer soon finds his night spiralling out of control when he's forced to work with an unexpected...

Release : 2024.09.20
Popularity : 1693.793

The crafty Bad Guys crew embarks on a high-stakes Halloween heist to swipe a priceless amulet from a spooky mansion. What could go wrong?

Release : 2024.10.02
Popularity : 176.007

The infinite playground of forbidden worlds and dangerous lifeforms offered by the sci-fi horror genre will lead to the biggest, maddest, bloodiest...

Release : 2024.09.20
Popularity : 76.034

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous...

Release : 2019.10.01
Popularity : 974.076

Teenager Riley's mind headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new Emotions! Joy, Sadness,...

Release : 2024.06.11
Popularity : 1561.87