# List of visual anthropology films

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