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Anthropology Videos: A Filmography

The films listed below deal with anthropological and ethnographic subjects, and are available in the Video Viewing Area, in the basement of Hunt Library. The material can be viewed in the Viewing Area, for educational purposes, by any holder of a current CMU photo I.D. or can be scheduled for classroom use by a faculty member. Further information on each item is available through Cameo, the on-line library catalog.

Angano, Angano: Tales from Madagascar
Paes
1989 64 min. Color
A film of storytellers relating the fundamental myths of Malagasy culture combined with documentary footage of modern Madagascar and its inhabitants. In Malagasy and French with English subtitles.
969.1 A581 VHS

Anthropology on Trial
1983 57 min. Color
Inhabitants of Papua New Guinea give reactions to studies of their culture by anthropologist Margaret Mead.
306 A628 VHS

(The) Aroma of Enchantment
1995 55 min. Color
Documentary assessing the impact of American culture on Japan 46 years after WWII. Provides an overview of contemporary Japan, including some historical film footage.
952 A769 VHS

At the Autumn River Camp
Brown
1967 59 min. Color
Ethnographic film by Dr. Asen Balikci, Guy Mary-Rousseliere, and Quentin Brown about the Netsilik Eskimos of the Pelly Bay region in the Canadian Arctic. The Netsilik families were asked to reenact their culture and way of life before European influence.
971.900497 A861 VHS

At the Spring Sea Ice Camp
Brown
1967 81 min. Color
Ethnographic film by Dr. Asen Balikci, Guy Mary-Rousseliere, and Quentin Brown about the Netsilik Eskimos of the Pelly Bay region in the Canadian Arctic. The Netsilik families were asked to reenact their culture and way of life before European influence.
971.900497 A8612 VHS

(A) Balinese Family
1951 20 min. B&W
Illustrates treatment of three different children by a Balinese mother and father.
306.8 B186 VHS

(A) Balinese Trance Seance
1981 51 min. Color
Shows how Jero, a Balinese woman, enters a trance for a funeral ceremonial.
133.9 B171 VHS

Black Harvest
1992 90 min. Color
The sequel to "First Contact" and "Joe Leahy's Neighbors", this film explores the relationship between a coffee plantation owner and the Ganiga tribe of Papua New Guinea; a portrait of Third World capitalism.
331.763 B627 VHS

Bronislaw Malinowski: Off the Verandah
1990 52 min. Color
Biography of Malinowski, innovator of traditional field work, who lived and studied in the Pacific Islands.
306 M25o VHS

Buddha and the Rice-Planters
Bhattacharya
1976 27 min. Color
An examination of the life of the people of Sri Lanka, and the role music plays in their daily existence.
781.6291413 B927 VHS

Cannibal Tours
O'Rourke
1987 70 min. Color
An examination of the comparisons and contrasts between "primitive" and "modern" cultures which are highlighted by an organized travel expedition into the jungles of New Guinea.
919.5 C225 VHS

(The) Chaco Legacy
1988 59 min. Color
Archaeologists study the Chaco civilization of 900 years ago, examining its technical accomplishments and theorizing on the reasons for its demise.
978.9 C431 VHS

Chang
Cooper / Schoedsack
1927 67 min. B&W
The story of a farmer's family living in the jungle of northeast Siam and their struggles for survival against wild animals such as elephants. Full orchestral score.
791.45 C456 DISC

Childhood Rivalry in Bali
1952 17 min. B&W
Examines character formation in different cultures by comparing the responses of Balinese and Iatmul children of the same age to various situations, such as their mothers' attending to siblings, and presentation of an American doll.
919.23 C536 VHS

Cowboy and Maria in Town
McLaren / Stiven
1991 59 min. Color
Documentary on the effects of urbanization and Westernization in Papua New Guinea, tracing the story of two natives who have migrated from tribal villages to Port Moresby, the nation's capital.
301.32995 C874 VHS

Culturas prehispanicas de Mexico
1989 25 min. Color
Mexico. Profiles the various civilizations of pre-Colombian Mexico. In Spanish with no subtitles.
972.01 V834 VHS

Culture
1991 30 min. Color
Explores the multiculturalism of the United States, focusing on Cajuns, Chinese-Americans, and Cherokee Indians, and their relationship to the dominant American culture.
306 C9686 VHS

Dadi and Her Family
1982 46 min. Color
Documentary on a mother-in-law and her family of Northern India. Discusses her role in managing the family and the role of women in Indian culture.
305.40954 D121 VHS

Dead Birds
1973 88 min. Color
Studies the life and customs of the Dani, of the Baliem Valley in West New Guinea.
980.004 D278 VHS

Edward Evans-Pritchard: Strange Beliefs
1990 52 min. Color
Follows Sir Edward Evans-Pritchard, the first trained anthropologist to study in Africa, and his research of the witchcraft of the Azande.
306 E92s VHS

Embera-The End of the Road
1971 55 min. Color
Shows how river culture of the Embera Indians of Colombia is threatened by the Pan-American highway.
986.1 E53 VHS

(The) Etruscans
1975 29 min. Color
A survey of Etruscan civilization, focusing on its art, and showing both the influence of Greek culture and the Etruscan influence on the Romans. From the series "Research Into the Past: Classical Civilizations".
937.5 C855 VHS

(The) Falashas
1973 27 min. Color
Studies the culture of the Black Jews of Ethiopia, and efforts to help them emigrate to Israel.
963 F177 VHS

(The) Feast
1970 20 min. Color
Shows two hostile Yanomamo Indian villages in southern Venezuela and northern Brazil preparing a feast for an alliance. Examines the chanting, trading, and dancing at the feast.
980.004 F288 c.2 VHS

Four Families
Mead
1980 59 min. B&W
Comparison of the values of different cultures based upon the way they treat their children. Representative families are chosen from India, France, Japan, and Canada.
306.85 F773 VHS

Franz Boas: 1852-1942
1988 60 min. Color
Biography of Boas, who brought scientific order to anthropology; discusses his research of the Kwakiutl Indians.
306 F837 VHS

Franz Boas: The Shackles of Tradition
1990 52 min. Color
Studies Boas, who transformed the discipline of anthropology, beginning with his studies of the Eskimo.
306 B66s VHS

Garifuna Journey
Leland / Berger
1998 47 min. Color
Documents the history, language, food, music, dance and spirituality of the Garifuna culture in Belize.
972.8 G212 VHS

Grass
Cooper / Schoedsack / Harrison
1925 70 min. B&W
A documentary in which the filmmakers travel through Asia Minor and Iraq to reach a tribe of nomads in Iran known as the Bakhtyari. They follow the tribe on its forty-eight day trek across deserts, streams, and mountains to reach pasture for their flocks. Orchestral score.
915.6 G768 VHS

Grass
Cooper / Schoedsack / Harrison
1925 70 min. B&W
A documentary in which the filmmakers travel through Asia Minor and Iraq to reach a tribe of nomads in Iran known as the Bakhtyari. They follow the tribe on its forty-eight day trek across deserts, streams, and mountains to reach pasture for their flocks. Orchestral score.
915.6 G768a DISC

Grass
Cooper / Schoedsack / Harrison
1925 71 min. Tinted
A documentary in which the filmmakers travel through Asia Minor and Iraq to reach a tribe of nomads in Iran known as the Bakhtyari. They follow the tribe on its forty-eight day trek across deserts, streams, and mountains to reach pasture for their flocks. Orchestral score.
915.6 G768aa DVD

Half the Sky: the Women of the Jiang Family
1995 50 min. Color
Four generations from the Jiang Family demonstrate the changes in the lives of women in China.
305.420951 H169 VHS

(The) Hunters
1976 72 min. Color
Follows four hunters of the African Kalahari Bushmen seeking meat for their village. Their thirteen-day journey becomes incorporated into their village folklore, renewing their tribal culture.
306.08996 H947 VHS

In Search of Cool Ground
1989 156 min. Color
Three-part series documents the change in the life of the Mursi and Kwegu tribes of Ethiopia, who are forced into contact with the outside world by drought and famine.
963 I35 (3v) VHS

In the Land of the War Canoes
Curtis
1914 47 min. B&W
A fictitional feature film, made by Edward S. Curtis, which accurately records the last remnants of traditional Kwakiutl life. Narrated, with sound effects and Native American chanting.
970.3 I35 VHS

In the Land of the War Canoes
Curtis
1914 47 min. B&W
A fictional feature film, made by Edward S. Curtis, which accurately records the last remnants of traditional Kwakiutl life. Narrated, with sound effects and Native American chanting.
970.3 I35a DISC

(The) Incas
1988 60 min. Color
A study of the Incas' culture, history, and technological achievements.
985 I362 VHS

(The) Inland Sea
Richie
1991 57 min. Color
Richie documents the ongoing conflict between modern values and disappearing traditional lifestyle in the Inland Sea region of Japan.
915.2 R53in VHS

Into the Circle SEE: Native American Powwow

Ishi, the Last Yahi
1993 57 min. Color
Recounts the appearance, in 1911, of Ishi, "the last wild Indian in North America," the response of the American public, and the impact of American culture on Ishi.
970.3 I79 VHS

Jero on Jero SEE: Balinese Trance Seance

(The) Kawelka
1989 52 min. Color
Documentary on the values and customs of the Kawelka of Papua New Guinea, focusing on one man's preparations for the ritual giving of his "moka" (gift).
995.3 K22 VHS

(The) Kayapo
1989 58 min. Color
Illustrates how the destruction of the Amazonian rainforest threatens the Kayapo Indians of central Brazil.
981 K23 VHS

(The) Kazakhs of China
Singer
1989 53 min. Color
Documents how the nomadic Kazakhs of the mountains between Mongolia and Tibet have adapted to communism despite their physical distance from Chinese authorities. In English.
951 K23 VHS

Krishna in Spring
Bhattacharya
1969 27 min. Color
A record of the yearly Festival of Spring, which focuses on the story of Krishna. Includes excerpts from temple rites and street celebrations which demonstrate the central place of music in Hindu life.
781.754 K92 VHS

(The) Lau of Malaita
1987 51 min. Color
Documentary on the disappearing traditional culture of the Lau Indians of the Solomon Islands.
990 L366 VHS

Legacy of the Incas
1990 43 min. Color
Covers the history of the ancient Andean cultures in Peru and Northern Bolivia, through the examination of archaelogical evidence. From the series "Lost Civilizations".
985 I35 VHS

Live and Remember
1987 29 min. Color
A study of various aspects of the life of the Lakota people, featuring interviews with Lakota elders and performers as well as footage of traditional ceremonies.
970.004 L784 VHS

Magical Death
Chagnon
1973 28 min. Color
Relates the religious activities of a political leader and shaman from a village in Venezuela to the social organization within his Yanomamo Indian group.
980.004 M194 VHS

Magicians of the Earth
Haas
1989 224 min. Color
Film photographed in Australia, Madagascar, Papua New Guinea, Senegal, and Benin, focusing on native artists and their traditional forms. Feature music by David Byrne and Gambian musician Foday Musa Suso.
709.01 H11f DISC

(A) Man Called "Bee"
1975 40 min. Color
Follows anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon's fieldwork among the Yanomamo Indians in southern Venezuela.
980.004 M266 VHS

Man Without Pigs
Owen
1990 60 min. Color
Documents the conflict between customs and Western values in an isolated Papua New Guinea community when John Waiko, the first Papua New Guinean to receive a doctoral degree, returns to his home.
306.0899912 M266 VHS

Margaret Mead and Samoa
1988 52 min. Color
New evidence is presented in the anthropological controversy stirred by Derek Freeman's refutation of Coming of Age by Margaret Mead.
306 M327m VHS

Margaret Mead: Coming of Age
1990 52 min. Color
A biography of Mead, focusing on her studies of adolescence in Samoa.
306 M327c VHS

Margaret Mead: Taking Note
1988 58 min. Color
A biography of Mead, showing her influences and contibutions to the field of anthropology.
306 M327 VHS

Masai Women
1987 52 min. Color
Explores the culture of Africa's Masai, focusing on gender structure; looks at Masai girls preparing for marriage and interviews a Masai woman about polygamy and women's inability to own property.
967.6 M394 VHS

Maya Lords of the Jungle
1988 60 min. Color
Researchers reappraise ancient Mayan history by visiting sites on the Yucatan peninsula.
972 M467 VHS

Miss India Georgia
Friedman / Gimberg
1997 60 min. Color
Documentary on four participants in the Miss India Georgia beauty contest, each of whom is a first-generation American.
305.42 M6782 VHS

Missa Luba
1990 47 min. Color
Performance of a Mass in Congolese style, with a chorus, a tenor soloist, and percussion.
782.323 M678 VHS

Mysteries of Mankind
1988 60 min. Color
Recounts the history of anthropological research on human evolution. Discusses dating techniques and search for a common human ancestor.
573.2 M998 VHS

N!ai, Story of a !Kung Woman
1980 58 min. Color
Consists of 1951-1978 footage of the !Kung of Africa. Focuses on the woman, N!ai, and her thoughts on the changed culture of the !Kung.
306.0899 N111 VHS

Nanook of the North
Flaherty
1922 69 min. B&W
The film by Robert Flaherty following the story of an Eskimo family's struggle with the Arctic, and examining their familial bonds. Full orchestral score. Restored version.
970.1 N186a VHS

Nanook of the North
Flaherty
1922 79 min. Tinted
The film by Robert Flaherty following the story of an Eskimo family's struggle with the Arctic, and examining their familial bonds. Orchestral score. Restored version.
970.1 N186aa DVD

Nanook Revisited
1990 60 min. Color
Inukjiak, the Inuit village where Robert Flaherty filmed "Nanook of the North," is revisited and participants in that film are interviewed about the authenticity of Flaherty's documentary and changes in their lifestyle since 1922.
970.1 N1862 VHS

(The) Native American Powwow
1992 58 min. Color
A documentary examining the Native American Powwow and featuring performances of a variety of traditional songs and dances.
793.3 I61 VHS

(The) Native Americans
Borden / Lucas / Burdeau
1994 300 min. Color
A six-part series examining the history and culture of Native American tribes. Nations of the Northeast: focuses on the Mohawk, Seneca, Penobscot, Oneida, and Wampanoag tribes and the Iriquois Confederacy. Follows their history from the arrival of missionaries to assimilation into white culture and participation in American military conflicts up to the Gulf War.The Tribal People of the Northwest: focuses on the Lummi, Salish, Chumash, Colville, and Yakima tribes, discussing the effects of the gold rush and European exploitation on their cultures. The Tribes of the Southeast: focuses on the Seminole, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, and Cherokee tribes. Examines their culture before and after the Spanish invasion, slavery, the Jackson presidency, and the Trail of Tears.The Nations of the Southwest: focuses on the Hopi, Navajo, Pima, Isleta, and Apache peoples. Discusses the destruction of their culture by the Conquistadors and American "Manifest Destiny."The People of the Great Plains, pts. 1 and 2: focus on the Crow, Comanche, Sioux, Kiowa, and Arapho peoples. Part 1 discusses the "Buffalo People" culture and heritage. Part 2 discusses their downfall from the introduction of the rifle, horses, and alcohol, and recounts the Sam Creek and Wounded Knee massacres.
970.004 N2782 DISC

(The) Nuer
1971 75 min. Color
A look at the Nuer, herdsmen of the Nile basin, showing the importance of cattle in their lives, and the psychological bonds of the people.
916.62 N964 VHS

Pygmies of the Rain Forest
1975 51 min. Color
Shows the everyday life of the Mbuti Pygmies of the Ituri Forest in Zaire; demonstrates their nomadic and utilitarian way of life.
306.089963 P995 VHS

(The) Quechua
1989 51 min. Color
Documentary on the Quechua Indians of the Andes, who want to build a road to link themselves to the outside world and its benefits.
985 Q3 VHS

(The) Rift Valley
1991 60 min. Color
Explores the geology and people of the longest valley in the world, the Rift Valley of eastern Africa.
967.6 R564 VHS

Ring of Fire
1988 232 min. Color
Chronicles the ten-year voyage of filmmakers Lorne and Lawrence Blair through Indonesian islands.Spice Island Saga (58 min.,1991)The Blairs join pirates of the Bugis tribe on a 2000-mile journey in search of the Bird of Paradise. Dance of the Warriors (58 min., 1991)The Blairs visit Komodo, Sumba, New Guinea, and Bali, documenting the rituals and traditions of the native peoples they encounter. East of Krakatoa (58 min., 1991)The Blairs visit the crater of the recently-erupted "Child of Krakatoa", journey to Bali, and visit the Toraja people of the Celebes highlands.Dream Wanderers of Borneo (58 min., 1991)The Blairs journey through 800 miles of uncharted rain forest to find the last of the nomadic Punan Dyaks, believed to no longer exist.
915.98 R581 (4v) VHS

Rising Above: Women of Vietnam
1995 50 min. Color
Traces the efforts of Vietnamese women to follow the example of women who rose to power during the war against the U.S. and France.
305.4209597 R595 VHS

Robert Coles....Interview
1988 60 min. Color
An interview with Coles, a social anthropologist and child psychiatrist. He discusses his association with Ruby Bridges, the young black schoolgirl who desegregated a New Orleans elementary school, the importance of literature to his understanding of humanity, and the major events in his long career.
610.92 C69r VHS

Science for Survival
1995 50 min. Color
Interview with activist and ecologist Vandana Shiva, who opposes "reductionalist Western science." Examines the work of Dr. Sharadini Dahanukar, who argues the scientific validity of Ayurvedic medicine. Also discusses silk technology, arguing that combining modern technology with traditional knowledge is the best approach.
305.420954 S416 VHS

(The) Silent Enemy
Carver
1930 84 min. Tinted
A fictional "documentary" which presents a study of the Ojibway Indians' struggle for food before the coming of the Europeans. Filmed in Northern Ontario with an all-Indian cast. Traditional Native American score.
791.45 S5822 DISC

Spencer, Sir Walter Baldwin: Fieldwork
1990 52 min. Color
Documentary discussing Spencer and Frank Gillen's influential methodology in their study of the aborigines of Australia, who until then had been thought to be lower than "civilized" man in the evolutionary hierarchy.
306 S84f VHS

Stranger With a Camera
Barret
2000 60 min. Color
Documentary about the murder of Canadian filmmaker Hugh O'Connor in Jeremiah, Kentucky.
303.60973 S897 VHS

Sunflowers
Hainsworth
1997 50 min. Color
Documentary about gay men in a rural Philippino village.
306.7662 S958 VHS

Tabu: A Story of the South Seas
Murnau
1931 82 min. B&W
A collaboration between F.W. Murnau and Robert Flaherty, the film documents the story of two lovers separated because the girl has been decreed a sacred virgin and thus taboo to all men. Orchestral score.
791.45 T114 VHS

Tabu: A Story of the South Seas
Murnau
1931 82 min. B&W
A collaboration between F.W. Murnau and Robert Flaherty, the film documents the story of two lovers separated because the girl has been decreed a sacred virgin and thus taboo to all men. Orchestral score.
791.45 T114a DISC

Trance and Dance in Bali
1952 22 min. B&W
A performance of the ceremonial Balinese kris dance, originally performed in the village of Pagoetan from 1937-39. The film is narrated by Dr. Margaret Mead.
793.3 T772 VHS

Trekking On Tradition
Rodes
1992 44 min. Color
This program explores the effects of mountain tourism on a small village in rural Nepal. It examines the conflicting views of the tourists (Europeans and Americans) and the Nepalese.
915.42 T787 VHS

Trobriand Cricket
1975 53 min. Color
Documentary discussing how the British game of cricket has been adopted into the culture of the Trobriand Islanders.
390.099 T843 VHS

Warrior Marks
Parmar
1993 54 min. Color
392.1 W295 VHS

William Rivers: Everything is Relatives
1990 52 min. Color
Biography of Rivers, who became a pioneering psychologist and created a scientific approach to anthropology, encouraging fieldwork rather than detached theory.
306 R62e VHS

Witchcraft among the Azande
1984 52 min. Color
Documentary examining how the Azande have incorporated aspects of Christianity into their ritual practice of witchcraft.
133.4 W819 VHS

(The) Women's Olamal: Organization of a Masai Fertility Ceremony
Llewelyn-Davies
1985 110 min. Color
Documentary depicting the tension between men and women in a Kenya Masai society, over a ceremony supposed to "bless" the women and increase their fertility.
305.488965 W872 VHS

(The) Yaro Civilization
1990 43 min. Color
Introduces the civilization and the artifacts of the Yaro empire, which was conquered by the Incas. From the series "Lost Civilizations".
985 Y28 VHS