List of visual anthropology films

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, 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, 1937
Jean Rouch – France
*Les Maîtres Fous, 1954
*Moi, un noir, 1958
*Chronique d’un été, 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, 1961
*Vilarinho das Furnas, 1971
*Histórias selvagens, 1978
*Falamos de Rio de Onor
*Gente da Praia da Vieira, 1976
*Terra fria, 1992
Manoel de Oliveira – Portugal
*Acto da Primavera, 1963
Michel Brault – Canada
*Pour la suite du monde, 1963
*Orders 1975
*The Paper Wedding, 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, 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
*Oh What A Blow That Phantom Gave Me, 2003,
*Oss Tales, 2007
*John Bishop Short Films,
Pedro Costa – Portugal
*Casa de Lava, 1994
*Ossos, 1997
*No Quarto da Vanda, 2000
*Juventude em Marcha, 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 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
Maria Giménez Cavallo - USA / Italy
*Anime galleggianti, 2024
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