List of visual anthropology films

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

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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. 1 2 "A Balinese Trance Seance & Jero on Jero: A Balinese Trance Seance Observed". DER Documentary.
  4. 1 2 "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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