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This is a chronologic list of representative anthropologically-minded films and filmmakers:

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• Alfred C. Haddon – UK
  • Torres Strait Expedition, 1898
• Edward S. Curtis – US
  • In the Land of the Head Hunters, 1916
• Zora Neale Hurston - US
  • Fieldwork Footage, 1928
  • Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940
• Percy Powell-Cotton - UK
  • Crafts in the Cameroons, 1931
  • Gorilla Drive, Cameroons, 1931
  • Osonigbe Juju House and Benin Brass Cutting, 1931
• Robert J. Flaherty – US
  • Nanook of the North, 1922
  • Moana, 1926
  • Tabu, 1931
  • Man of Aran, 1934
  • Louisiana Story, 1948
• José Leitão de Barros – Portugal
  • Maria do Mar, 1930
  • Ala-Arriba!, 1942
• Jean Epstein – Poland
  • L'or des mers (The ocean's gold), 1932
• Diana and Antoinette Powell-Cotton - UK
  • Angola: Dombondola Potter, 1936
  • Angola: Scenes from a household (Dombondola), 1936
• Margaret Mead - US
  • Trance and Dance in Bali (Trance and Dance in Bali), 1937
• Jean Rouch – France
  • Les Maîtres Fous (The Mad Masters), 1954
  • Moi, un noir, 1958
  • Chronique d’un été (Chronicle of a Summer), 1961
  • Jaguar, 1954–1967
  • Petit à petit, 1972
• Lionel Rogosin – US
  • On the Bowery, 1957
  • Come Back, Africa, 1957
• John Marshall – US
  • The Hunters, 1957
  • N!ai: The Story of a !Kung Woman, 1980
  • 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, 1963
  • Orders (Les Ordres) 1975
  • The Paper Wedding (Les Noces de papier), 1990
• Pierre Perrault – Canada
  • Pour la suite du monde, 1963
• Robert Gardner – US
  • Dead Birds, 1964
  • The Nuer, 1970
  • Rivers of Sand, 1975
  • Sons of Shiva, 1985
  • Forest of Bliss, 1986
• David MacDougall and Judith MacDougall – Australia
  • To Live with Herds, 1968/1972
  • Nawi, 1968/1970
  • The Wedding Camels, 1974/1977
  • Lorang's Way, 1974/1979
  • A Wife Among Wives, 1974/1981
  • 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
  • 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
  • Jero on Jero: A Balinese Trance Seance Observed, 1980
  • Jero Tapakan: Stories From the Life of a Balinese Healer, 1983
  • The Medium is the Masseuse: A Balinese Massage, 1983
  • The Water of Words: A Cultural Ecology of an Eastern Indonesian Island, 1983
  • Spear and Sword: a Ceremonial Payment of Bridewealth, 1989
  • Releasing the Spirits, 1990
  • A Celebration of Origins, 1992
• António Reis and Margarida Cordeiro – Portugal
  • Trás-os-Montes, 1976
  • Ana, 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 Melville 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 Prins)
  • Oss Tales, 2007
  • John Bishop Short Films, (14 films 1975-2007)
• 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
• Ziba Mir-Hosseini and Kim Longinotto - Iran/UK
  • Divorce Iranian Style, 1998
  • Runaway, 2001
• Ruth Behar - Cuba/US
  • Adio Kerida (Goodbye Dear Love) 2002
• Randy Olson
  • Flock of Dodos, 2006
• Harjant Gill - US / India
  • Milind Soman Made Me Gay, 2007
  • Roots of Love, 2011
  • Mardistan/Macholand, 2014
  • Sent Away Boys, 2016
• Véréna Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor- France/UK
  • Leviathan, 2012
  • somniloquies, 2017
  • Caniba, 2017
• Robert Lemelson – US
  • 40 Years of Silence: An Indonesian Tragedy, 2009
  • Afflictions: Culture and Mental Health in Indonesia Film Series, 2010 / 2011
    • Shadows and Illuminations, 2010
    • Family Victim, 2010
    • The Bird Dancer, 2010
    • Kites and Monsters, 2011
    • Memory of My Face, 2011
    • Ritual Burdens, 2011
  • Jathilan: Trance and Possession in Java, 2011
  • Ngaben: Emotion and Restraint in a Balinese Heart, 2012
  • Standing on the Edge of a Thorn, 2012

References

1. "Zora Neale Hurston Fieldwork Footage". The Criterion Channel. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
2. "Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940 - Part 2: Shorts and rarities". The Criterion Channel. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
3. ^ "A Balinese Trance Seance & Jero on Jero: A Balinese Trance Seance Observed". DER Documentary.
4. ^ "The Medium is the Masseuse: A Balinese Massage w/ Jero Tapakan & Jero Tapakan: Stories from the Life of a Balinese Healer". DER Documentary.
5. "The Water of Words: A Cultural Ecology of an Eastern Indonesian Island". DER Documentary.
6. "Spear and Sword: a Ceremonial Payment of Bridewealth". DER Documentary.
7. "Releasing the Spirits". DER Documentary.
8. "A Celebration of Origins". DER Documentary.

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