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The Early History of Ethnographic Film:
A chronology of the development of ethnographic film within a documentary film tradition
(Transcribed from Tim Asch’s Fall1989 Anth 575 syllabus and links added by Jennifer Cool)
1550
Around the middle of the century the camera obscura (“dark chamber) was in use.
1816
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce makes the first paper negative.
1839
Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre makes a direct positive image on a silver plate, the
daguerrotype.
1895
The year that the Lumière brothers (Auguste and Louis) developed a way to project moving
images in Paris. Felix-Louis Regnault takes the first ethnographic film of a Wolof potter
making a clay pot at the Exposition Ethnographique de L’Afrique Occidentale in Paris.
1898- 1899
Alfred Cord Haddon films in the Torres Straits, Australia, with a Lumière camera. Even in
these early years Haddon wrote that film should become an indispensable tool for
ethnographic research.
1901-1912
Walter Baldwin Spencer and Francis James Gillen film in central and northern Australia.
1914
Edward Curtis, In the Land of the War Canoes (43 min.)
1913-1922
The making of Flaherty’s Nanook of the North (79 min.)
1923
Kodak markets 16mm film and cameras
1925
Merian C. Cooper and Ernest Schoedsack’s Grass (71 min.)
1927
Al Jolson in the Jazz Singer, the first sound film
1932
The three color separation Technicolor process first used in the film La Cucaracha (25 min.)
http://www.archive.org/details/La_Cucaracha_1934
1937
The Wedding of Palo (72 min.). F. Dlasheim and Knud Rasmussen
1960
Leacock, Pennebaker, Drew, and Bogdanovitch, using the “acutron” watch invent the first
portable synchronous sound filming unit.
1964
Asen Balikci’s reconstruction of The Migratory Cycle of the Netsilik Eskimo (13 hours)
1975
Timothy Asch, Patsy Asch, and Asen Balikci’s The Sons of Haji Omar (1978)
1974-1988
The Alaskan Eskimo series of Sarah Elder and Lenny Kamerling (9 films)
1998
Small, lightweight video recorders are now available to record more information with better
quality and higher resolution than could 16mm in the 1980s. These TV images are now shown
on home video digital plasma screens as large as 4”x6” (if you want they can be 30”x40”)
with 5,000 lines per inch resolution (instead of today’s 525 lines per inch). The screens are 1”
thick, plasma and the information comes to the screen digitally by two wires attached to one
corner of the screen, at which point the information immediately spreads out across the
entire plasma (or equivalent) without being projected.
1999
Many books are now published with a 3” computer disc placed in a little envelope on the
inside front cover, that can digitally transmit 3 hours of visual information in the form of stills
or moving images, music, and text.
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Ethnographic Filmmaking: Historic Series & Films
Faces of Change Series (NSF 1972-1975)
This revolutionary series of 26 - 16mm films and videos, funded by the National Science Foundation
and produced by several different ethnographic filmmakers between 1972-1975. The films examine
5 cultures selected for the diversity of their geographic location: China Coast, Taiwan, Afghanistan,
Kenya, Bolivia. Each location is examined through 5 themes: Rural Society, Education, Rural
Economy, Women and Beliefs.
China Coast / Faces of Change
By George Chang, Richard Chen and Norman Miller
- China Coast Fishing
- Hoy Fok and the Island School
- The Island Fishpond
- Island in the China Sea
- Three Island Women
Taiwan / Faces of Change
By Richard Chen and Frank Tsai
- Chinese Farm Wife
- People are Many, Fields are Small
- A Rural Cooperative
- They Call Him "Ah Kung"
- Wet Culture Rice
Afghanistan / Faces of Change
By Herbert DiGioia, David Hancock and Louis Dupree
- Afghan Nomads: The Maldar
- An Afghan Village
- Afghan Women
- Naim and Jabar
- Wheat Cycle
Kenya / Faces of Change
By David MacDougall and James Blue
- Boran Herdsmen
- Boran Women
- Harambee: Pull Together
- Kenya Boran I
- Kenya Boran II
Bolivia / Faces of Change
By Hubert Smith and Neil Reichline
- Andean Women
- The Children Know
- Magic and Catholicism
- Potato Planters
- The Spirit Possession of Alejandro Mamani
- Viracocha
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Granada Television's Disappearing World Series (1970-1977)
A major anthropological series of 24 documentary films transmitted by Granada Television in Britain
between 1970 and 1977. Re-edited versions of three of the films— Masai Women, The Kawelka:
Ongka's Big Moka, and The Sakuddei—made up a fourth of the initial season of PBS’s Odyssey series
launched in 1980.
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War of the Gods. 1971. Anthropologists: Peter Silverwood-Cope [Maku] and Stephen and
Christine Hugh-Jones [Barasana]; directed by Brian Moser; camera by Ernest Vincze; sound by
Bruce White; edited by Martin Smith. 66 minutes [Colombia].
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The Mehinacu. 1974. Anthropologist: Thomas Gregor; directed by Carlos Pasini; camera by
Stephen Goldblatt; sound by Bruce White; edited by Gene Ellis. 53 minutes [Brazil].
- The Dervishes of Kurdistan. 1973. Anthropologists: Ali Bulookbashi and Andre Singer; directed by
Brian Moser; camera by Michael Dodds; sound by Christian Wangler; edited by Dai Vaughan;
researched by Andre Singer. 52 minutes, 15 seconds [Iran/Iraq].
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Kataragama-A God for All Seasons. 1973. Anthropologist: Gananath 0beyesekere;directed by
Charlie Nairn; camera by Ernest Vincze; sound by Bruce White; edited by David Naden;
researched by Angela Burr. 51 minutes, 12 seconds [Sri Lanka].
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The Meo. 1972.Anthropologist: Jacques Lemoine; directed by Brian Moser; camera by Michael
Davis; sound by Eoin McCann; edited by Dai Vaughan; researched by Chris Curling. 53 minutes,
23 seconds [Laos].
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The Tuareg. 1972.Anthropologist:Jeremy Keenan; directed by Charlie Nairn; camera by Michael
Dodds; sound by Eoin McCann; edited by Dai Vaughan. 54 minutes [Algeria].
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A Clearing in the Jungle. 1970. Anthropologist: Jean-Paul Dumont; directed by Charles Nairn;
camera by Bob Holt; sound by Neil Kingsbury; edited by Gerry Dow. 38 minutes, 19 seconds
[Panare Indians, Venezuela].
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The Last of the Cuiva. 1971. Anthropologist: Bernard Arcand; directed by Brian Moser; camera
by Ernest Vincze; sound by Bruce White; edited by Dai Vaughan. 65 minutes, 16 seconds
[Colombia].
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Embera-The End of the Road. 1971.Anthropologist: Ariane Deluz; directed by Brian Moser;
camera by Michael Whittaker; sound by Colin Richards; edited by Kelvin Hendrie. 50 minutes, 11
seconds [Colombia].
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The Mursi. 1974.Anthropologist: David Turton; directed by Leslie Woodhead; camera by Mike
Dodds; sound by Christian Wangler; edited by Kelvin Hendrie; researched by Andre Singer. 52
minutes, 44 seconds [Ethiopia].
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Masai Women. 1974.Anthropologist: Melissa Llewelyn-Davies; directed by Chris Curling; camera
by Charles Stewart; sound by Bruce White; edited by Dai Vaughan; researched by Melissa
Llewelyn-Davies. 51 minutes, 45 seconds [Kenya].
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The Quechua. 1974. Anthropologist: Michael Sallnow; directed by Carlos Pasini; camera by
Stephen Goldblatt; sound by Mike McDuffy; edited by Gene Ellis; researched and written by
David Ash. 52 minutes, 12 seconds [Peru].
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The Kawelka: Ongka's Big Moka. 1974. Anthropologist: Andrew Strathern; directed by Charlie
Nairn; camera by Ernest Vincze; sound by Bruce White; edited by Shelagh Brady; researched by
Pattie Winter. 52 minutes [Papua New Guinea].
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The Sakuddei. 1974. Anthropologist: Reimar Schefold; directed by John Sheppard; camera by
Dick Pope; sound by Bob Alcock; edited by Andrew Page. 52 minutes, I3 seconds [Indonesia].
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Masai Manhood. 1975. Anthropologist: Melissa Llewelyn-Davies; directed by Chris Curling;
camera by Charles Stewart; sound by Bruce White; edited by Dai Vaughan; researched by
Melissa Llewelyn-Davies. 52 minutes, 53 seconds [Kenya].
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The Eskimos of Pond Inlet: The People's Land. 1975. Anthropologist: Hugh Brody;directed by
Mike Grigsby; camera by Ivan Strasburg; sound by Mike McDuffy; edited by David Gladwell;
researched by Pattie Winter. 52 minutes, 14 seconds [Canada].
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The Shilluk. 1975. Directed by Chris Curling; camera by Ernest Vincze and Ivan Strasburg; sound
by Bruce White; edited by Edward Roberts; researched by Andre Singer. 52 minutes, 35 seconds
[Sudan].
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On the Edge of the Gobi. 1975. Consultant: Owen Lattimore; directed by Brian Moser;camera by
Ivan Strasburg; sound by Eoin McCann; edited by Jane Wood. 51 minutes, 48 seconds [The
Khalka, Mongolia/USSR].*
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The City on the Steppes. 1975. Consultant: Owen Lattimore; directed by Brian Moser;camera by
Ivan Strasburg; sound by Eoin McCann; edited by Dai Vaughan. 52 minutes, 38 seconds [The
Khalka, Mongolia/USSR].*
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The Kirghiz of Afghanistan. 1975. Anthropologist: Nazif Shahrani; directed by Charles Nairn;
camera by John Davy; sound by Eoin McCann; edited by Charles Nairn; researched by Andre
Singer. 51 minutes, 12 seconds.
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The Rendille. 1976. Anthropologist: Anders Grumm; directed by Chris Curling;camera by Charles
Stewart; sound by Bruce White; edited by Terry Twigg. 52 minutes, 24 seconds [Kenya].
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Some Women of Marrakech. 1976. Consultant: Elizabeth Fernea; directed by Melissa LlewelynDavies; camera by Dianne Tammes; sound by Marilyn Gaunt; edited by Dai Vaughan. 52
minutes, 26 seconds [Morocco].
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The Sherpas. 1977. Anthropologist: Sherry Ortner; directed by Leslie Woodhead; camera by Mike
Dodds; sound by Neil Kingsbury; edited by Kelvin Hendrie; researched by Pattie Winter. 52
minutes, 23 seconds [Nepal].
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Umbanda. 1977. Anthropologist: Peter Fry; director Stephen Cross; camera by Mike Thomson;
sound by Phil Taylor; edited by Jeff Harvey. 51 minutes, 59 seconds [urban Brazil].
Odyssey Series (PBS 1908-1981)
In 1980, PBS Television in the U.S. released the first season of Odyssey, a series of anthropological
documentaries, with a second season in 1981. Public Broadcasting Associates of Boston produced the
entire series with major funding by the National Endowment for the Humanities, and additional
funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and Polaroid. The series follows the work of
anthropologists and archaeologists as they attempt to understand the complexities and similarities of
human societies at different times and in different places. Some of the films are available through
DER ( http://www.der.org/films/odyssey-series.html) and others through other distributors (see:
http://www.neh.gov/projects/medialog/arch.html)
Odyssey I - 12 (58:00) Programs
Year Produced: 1980
Series Executive Producer: Michael Ambrosino
Program 1: Seeking the First Americans
follows archaeologists from Alaska to Texas as they search for clues to the identity of the earliest
inhabitants of North America. PRODUCER/DIRECTOR: Graham Chedd
Note: The two Mongolian films were not transmitted under the senes title Disappearing World, at
the request of the Mongolian authorities, but should be considered as essentially, if not formally, part
of the series.
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Program 2: Franz Boas (1852-1942)
tells the story of the German physicist who shaped the methods of American anthropology, bringing
discipline and order to a field that had previously dealt in subjective "race classification."
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR: T.W. Timreck
Program 3: The Incas
examines the sixteenth-century Inca Empire through the work of three archaeologists. PRODUCERS:
Anna Benson-Gyles, Marian White
Program 4: Other People's Garbage
explores the work of historical archaeologists across the United States: the excavation of slave
quarters in Georgia; an investigation of a nineteenth-century multi-ethnic community near northern
California coal mines; and an urban archaeology project in the Boston area. PRODUCERS: Ann Peck,
Claire Andrade-Watkins
Program 5: The Chaco Legacy
explores the puzzling technological achievements of the inhabitants of the Chaco Canyon in New
Mexico and speculates on their demise. PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/WRITER: Graham Chedd
Program 6: N!ai, The Story of a !Kung Woman
focuses on changes in the life of the !Kung of Namibia through the reflections of one woman over a
twenty-eight year period. PRODUCERS: John Marshall, Sue Marshall Cabezas; DIRECTORS: John
Marshall, Adrienne Miesmer
Program 7: Ongka's Big Moka
explores the lavish ceremonial presentations of gifts, called moka, in the New Guinea highlands
through the preparations of one man. PRODUCER/DIRECTOR: Charlie Naim. PRODUCER (Odyssey
version): Melanie Wallace, Sanford Low
Program 8: Maasai Women
looks at the women of the Maasai tribe—from childhood through marriage and old age—in the East
African Rift Valley. PRODUCER: Christopher Curling. PRODUCERS (Odyssey version): Melanie
Wallace, Sanford Low
Program 9: The Sakuddei
considers how government development programs in tribal Indonesia may disrupt traditional ways of
life among the Sakuddei. PRODUCER/DIRECTOR: John Sheppard. PRODUCER (Odyssey version):
Sanford Low
Program 10: Shipwreck: La Trinidad Valencera
examines the wreck of La Trinidad Valencera, the fourth largest ship in the Spanish Armada, which
was discovered in thirty feet of water off the coast of Ireland. PRODUCER: Ray Sutcliffe. PRODUCER
(Odyssey version): Terry Kay Rockefeller, Sue Simpson
Program 11: Key to the Land of Silence
illumines the history of the Rosetta stone and its contribution to an understanding of life in ancient
Egypt. DIRECTOR: Anna Benson-Gyles. PRODUCERS: (Odyssey version): Ashton Peery, Terry Kay
Rockefeller, Vivian Ducat
Program 12: Cree Hunters of Mistassini
looks at the Cree Indians of Canada who trek northward every winter to hunt and trap game.
DIRECTORS: Tony Lanzelo, Boyce Richardson
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Odyssey II - 15 (58:00) Programs
Year Produced: 1981
Series Executive Producer: Michael Ambrosino
The second Odyssey series continues to explore the diversity of past and present cultures.
Program 1: The Ancient Mariners
considers excavation from three shipwrecks, with special emphasis on techniques of modern
underwater archaeology, the attempted reconstructions of ships and cargo, and theories about
ancient shipbuilding processes. PRODUCER: Sanford Low. DIRECTOR: Werner Bundschuh
Program 2: On the Cowboy Trail
explores the lives of contemporary cowboys in southeastern Montana. PRODUCERS: Randy
Strothman, Margot Liberty. ARTISTIC DIRECTOR/WRITER: Barry Head
Program 3: Lucy and the First Family
traces anthropologist Donald Johanson's discovery of "Lucy," the oldest skeleton of any human
ancestor, and at least thirteen of her contemporaries in Ethiopia. PRODUCER: Milton B. Hoffman
PRODUCER (Odyssey Version): Vivian Ducat
Program 4: The Kirghiz of Afghanistan
relates the story of the Kirghiz nomads, who relocated in Pakistan after being forced out of their
home territory in Afghanistan. PRODUCERS/DIRECTORS: Charlie Nairn, M. Nazif Shahrani.
PRODUCERS/WRITERS (Odyssey Version): Robert Burns, Melanie Wallace
Program 5: Bath Waters
follows a group of archaeologists as they excavate the famous two thousand year-old Roman baths
in Bath, England, to learn more about the Romans and their influence in Great Britain. PRODUCER:
Antonia Benedak. PRODUCER/WRITER (Odyssey Version): Marian White
Program 6
Little Injustices: Laura Nader Looks at the Law
introduces anthropologist Laura Nader's fieldwork in a small Zapotec village in Mexico and her
comparison of Mexican and American systems of settling disputes and consumer complaints.
PRODUCERS: Terry Kay Rockefeller, Laurie Manny, Ashton Peery
Program 7: Myths and the Moundbuilders
reviews the evolution of theories on Indian-built mounds scattered throughout the eastern half of the
United States. WRITER/PRODUCER/DIRECTOR: Graham Chedd
Program 8: The Three Worlds of Bali
explores the pageantry, poetry, and song that permeate daily life on the Indonesian island of Bali.
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR: Ira R. Abrams
Program 9: Masters of Metal
traces the way new dating techniques have allowed archaeologists to challenge the once widely
accepted notion that Europeans learned how to work with metal from peoples in the Middle East.
PRODUCER: Dominic Flessati PRODUCER/WRITER (Odyssey Version): Kathleen Bernhardt
Program 10: Dadi's Family
explores family relationships in a household in northern India in light of socio-economic change that
threatens its cohesion. PRODUCERS: James MacDonald, Michael Camerini. DIRECTOR/WRITER:
Michael Camerini, Rina Gill
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Program 11: Ben's Mill
looks at one of the few water-powered, wood-working mills left in this country. PRODUCERS: Michel
Chalufour, John Karol
Program 12: Margaret Mead: Taking Note
reveals Mead's personal history and intellectual contributions through interviews held shortly before
her death, archival materials, and conversations with friends, family, and former students.
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/WRITER: Ann Peck
Program 13: Some Women of Marrakech
explores the lives of a group of Islamic women in Morocco, who share their feelings about friendship,
marriage, family, and religion. PRODUCER: Melissa Llewelyn-Davis. PRODUCER (Odyssey Version):
Melanie Wallace
Program 14: Maya Lords of the Jungle
reviews a number of theories concerning the rise and fall of the great Maya Civilization of Central
America. PRODUCER/DIRECTOR/WRITER: John Angier
Program 15: We Are Mehinaku
shows how a small Indian tribe of the Brazilian Amazon River Basin sustains its group harmony
through rituals that play out the tensions between the sexes. PRODUCER/DIRECTOR: Carlos Pasini.
PRODUCERS (Odyssey Version): Melanie Wallace
Films
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by Robert Flaherty
Nanook of the North (1922)
Moana (1926)
The Twenty-four Dollar Island (1927) short documentary of New York City
White Shadows in the South Seas (1928)
Tabu (1931) co-directed with F. W. Murnau
Industrial Britain (1931)
Man of Aran (1934)
Elephant Boy (1937)
The Land (1942) 45-minute documentary made for the U.S. Department of Agriculture
Louisiana Story (1948)
The Titan: Story of Michelangelo (1950)
Films by Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson
Mead worked with film editor Josef Bohmer in the final preparation of six 10- to 20-minute films
made from her and Bateson’s field footage, forming a series called "Character Formation in Different
Cultures.” Although Bateson was the cinematographer for all six, Mead was the editor, scriptwriter,
and narrator for these films, as well as for a seventh released in 1979.
- Bathing Babies in Three Cultures (1951)
- Karba's First Years (1951)
- First Days in the Life of a New Guinea Baby (1951)
- Trance and Dance in Bali (1951)
- A Balinese Family (1952)
- Childhood Rivalry in Bali and New Guinea (1953)
- Learning to Dance in Bali (1979)
Photographic Work by Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson
- Balinese Character: A Photographic Analysis (1942). Book with 759 photographs from their
Bali fieldwork.
- Growth and Culture: A Photographic Study of Balinese Childhood. (1951)
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Films by Jean Rouch
Filmography: http://der.org/jean-rouch/content/index.php?id=about_filmography
Films at DER: http://www.der.org/films/filmmakers/jean-rouch.html
- Rouch's Gang (color, 70 min, 1998)
- Jean Rouch and His Camera In The Heart of Africa (color, 74 min, 1986)
- Les Maitre Fous (Mad Masters) (color, 35 min, 1954)
- Jaguar (color, 93 min, 1967)
- The Lion Hunters (color, 68 min, 1964)
- Conversations With Jean Rouch (color, 40 min, 2004)
- Margaret Mead: Portrait by a Friend (color, 30 min, 1978)
- Jean Rouch: Screening Room with Robert Gardner (color, 64 min, 1980)
Couple Other Key Rouch Films
- Moi un noir (1958, 70 min.)
- Chronique d'un été (Paris 1960) co-directed with Edgar Morin (1961, 85 min)
Additional Resources
- Jean Rouch Tribute web site: http://der.org/jean-rouch/content/index.php
- Jean Rouch: Cinéma-vérité: http://archive.sensesofcinema.com/contents/01/19/rouch.html
- International Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0745541/
Films in the !Kung series by John Marshall
http://www.der.org/films/kung-series.html
- Argument About a Marriage (color, 18 min, 1969)
- Baobab Play (color, 8 min, 1974)
- Bitter Melons (color, 30 min, 1971)
- Children Throw Toy Assegais (color, 4 min, 1972)
- A Curing Ceremony (b&w, 8 min, 1969)
- Debe's Tantrum (color, 9 minutes, 1972)
- First Film (color, 60 min, 1951/1995)
- Group of Women (color, 5 min, 1961)
- The Hunters, with Robert Gardner (color, 72 min, 1957)
- A Joking Relationship (color, 13 min, 1962)
- A Kalahari Family (5-part series: color, 360 min, 1951-2001)
- !Kung Bushmen Hunting Equipment (color, 37 min, 1972)
- !Kung San: Resettlement (color, 28 min, 1988)
- !Kung San: Traditional Life (color, 26 min, 1987)
- Lion Game (color, 4 min, 1970)
- The Meat Fight (color, 14 min, 1974)
- The Melon Tossing Game (color, 15 min, 1970)
- Men Bathing (color, 14 min, 1973)
- N!ai, Story of a !Kung Woman (color, 59 min, 1980)
- N/um Tchai: The Ceremonial Dance of the !Kung Bushmen (b&w, 20 min, 1969)
- Playing with Scorpions (color, 4 min, 1972)
- Pull Ourselves Up or Die Out (color, 26 min, 1985)
- To Hold Our Own Ground: A Field Report (color, 33 min, 1991)
- A Rite of Passage (color, 14 min, 1972)
- Tug-of-War, Bushmen (color, 6 min, 1974)
- The Wasp Nest (color, 20 min, 1972)
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Films in Yanomamo series by Timothy Asch and Napoleon Chagnon
http://www.der.org/films/yanomamo-series.html
- Arrows (color, 10 min, 1974)
- The Ax Fight (color, 30 min, 1975)
- Bride Service (color, 10 min, 1975)
- Children's Magical Death (color, 7 min, 1974)
- Climbing the Peach Palm (color, 9 min, 1974)
- A Father Washes His Children (color, 15 min, 1974)
- The Feast (color, 29 min, 1970)
- Firewood (color, 10 min, 1974)
- Jaguar, a Yanomamo Twin Cycle Myth (color, 22 min, 1976)
- Magical Death (color, 29 min, 1973)
- A Man and His Wife Weave a Hammock (color, 12 min, 1975)
- Man Called Bee: Studying the Yanomamo (color, 40 min, 1974)
- Moonblood: A Yanomamo Creation Myth (color, 14 min, 1976)
- Myth of Naro, as told by Dedeheiwa (color, 22 min, 1975)
- Myth of Naro, as told by Kaobawa (color, 22 min, 1975)
- New Tribes Mission (color, 12 min, 1975)
- Ocamo is My Town (color, 23 min, 1974)
- Tapir Distribution (color, 15 min, 1975)
- Tug-of-War, Yanomamo (color, 9 min, 1975)
- Weeding the Garden (color, 14 min, 1974)
- Yanomamo: A Multidisciplinary Study (color, 45 min, 1968)
- Yanomamo of the Orinoco (color, 29 min, 1987)
Films
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by Timothy and Patsy Asch (with collaborators)
Dodoth Morning (color, 20 min, 1961/2001), Tim’s first film
Sons of Haji Omar (color, 58 min, 1978), with Asen Balikci
A Balinese Trance Seance (1979), with Linda Connor
Jero on Jero: A Balinese Trance Seance Observed (1980), with Linda Connor
Jero Tapakan: Stories From the Life of a Balinese Healer (1983), with Linda Connor
The Medium is the Masseuse: A Balinese Massage (1983), with Linda Connor
The Water of Words: Cultural Ecology of an Eastern Indonesian Island (1983), with James Fox
Spear and Sword: a Ceremonial Payment of Bridewealth (1989), with James Fox
Releasing the Spirits (1990), with Linda Connor
A Celebration of Origins (1992), with E. Douglas Lewis
Films by Robert Gardner
http://www.der.org/films/filmmakers/robert-gardner.html
- Blunden Harbour, with William Heick (Black and White, 22 min, 1951)
- Dances of the Kwakiutl (color, 9 min, 1951)
- Mark Tobey (1952)
- The Hunters, with John Marshall (color, 72 min, 1957))
- Dead Birds (color, 83 min, 1964)
- Screening Room, 9 films (1970s/2001) http://www.der.org/films/screening-room-series.html
- The Nuer, with Hilary Harris (color, 73 min, 1971)
- Mark Tobey Abroad (1973)
- Rivers of Sand (color, 85 min, 1974)
- Altar of Fire (1976)
- Deep Hearts (1981)
- Sons of Shiva, with Ákos Östör (color, 29 min, 1985)
- Forest of Bliss (color, 90 min, 1986)
- Ika Hands (color, 58 min, 1988)
- Dancing With Miklos (28 min., 1993)
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Films
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The Passenger (1998, 25 min.)
Scully In Malaga (1998, 7 min.)
Good To Pull (Bon a Tirer) (2000, 10 min.)
by Asen Balikci
A Month In The Life of Epthim D. (color, 56 min, 2003)
Netsilik Eskimo series (21 half hour parts, 1963-65), http://www.der.org/films/netsilik.html
Sons of Haji Omar (color, 58 min, 1978), with Timothy Asch and Patsy Asch
Related Balikci Resources
- (Hu)mans: A Course of Study website: http://www.macosonline.org/
- Extensive video interview with Asen Balikci about his life and work in anthropology:
http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/1467
Films
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Films
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by Sarah Elder and Leonard Kamerling
At the Time of Whaling (color, 20 min, 1974)
The Drums of Winter (color, 90 min, 1988)
From the First People (color, 45 min, 1977)
In Iirgus Time, by Katrina Waters, Elder/Kamerling Exec. Prod. (color, 20 min, 1988)
Joe Sun by Katrina Waters, Elder/Kamerling Exec. Prod. (color, 19 min, 1988)
On the Spring Ice (color, 45 min, 1975)
Reindeer Thief, by Katrina Waters, Elder/Kamerling Exec. Prod (color, 13 min, 1988)
Tununeremiut (color, 35 min, 1972)
by David and Judith MacDougall
Lorang's Way (70 min. Color. 1980.). Turkana Conversations Trilogy, part 1.
The Wedding Camels (108 min. Color. 1980.) Turkana Conversations Trilogy, part 2.
A Wife Among Wives (72 min. Color. 1982.) Turkana Conversations Trilogy, part 3.
To Live With Herds (70 min. Black and White. 1974.)
Under the Men's Tree (15 min. Black and White. 1970.)
Nawi (22 min. Color. 1970.)
Photo Wallahs (60 min. Color. 1992.)
Films by David MacDougall
http://www.berkeleymedia.com/catalog/berkeleymedia/producers/david_macdougall
- The Age of Reason (87 min. Color. 2004.)
- Doon School Chronicles (140 min. Color. 2000.)
- Karam in Jaipur (54 min. Color. 2003.)
- The New Boys (100 min. Color. 2003.)
- SchoolScapes (77 min. Color. 2007.)
- Some Alien Creatures (74 min. Color. 2007.)
- Tempus de Baristas (100 min. Color. 1997.)
- With Morning Hearts (110 min. Color. 2001.)
Films
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by Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson
First Contact (color, 54 min, 1983)
Joe Leahy's Neighbors (color, 90 min, 1988)
Black Harvest (color, 90 min, 1992)
Films
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by Dennis O’Rourke
Cannibal Tours (1987, 72 min.)
Couldn't Be Fairer (1984, 50 min.)
Cunnamulla (2001, 82 min)
The Good Woman of Bangkok (1995, 82 min.)
Half-Life: A Parable for the Nuclear Age (1986, 86 min.)
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Ileksen (1978, 58 min.)
Shark Callers of Kontu (1987, 54 min.)
Yap...How Did You Know We'd Like TV? (1987, 54 min.)
Yumi Yet (1976, 54 min.)
Documentary Filmmaking: Historic Filmmakers & Films
Films by John Grierson
Director:
- Drifters (1929; first screened at the British premiere of Battleship Potemkin)
- Granton Trawler (1934)
Producer/creative contributor:
- O'er Hll and Dale (dir. Basil Wright 1932)
- Up-Stream: A Story of the Scottish Salmon Fisheries (dir. Arthur Elton 1932)
- Cargo from Jamaica (dir. Basil Wright 1933)
- Industrial Britain (dir. Robert Flaherty 1933)
- Cable Ship (dir. (Alexander Shaw and Stuart Legg 1933)
- Coming of the Dial (dir. Stuart Legg 1933)
- Liner Cruising South (dir. Basil Wright 1933)
- Man of Aran (dir. Robert Flaherty 1934)
- New Operator (dir. Stuart Legg 1934)
- Pett and Pott: A Fairy Story of the Suburbs (dir. Alberto Cavalcanti 1934)
- Post Haste (dir. Humphrey Jennings 1934)
- Spring Comes to England dir. Donald Taylor 1934)
- Six-thirty Collection (dir. Harry Watt and Edgar Anstey 1934)
- Song of Ceylon (dir. Basil Wright 1934)
- BBC: The Voice of Britain (dir. Stuart Legg 1935)
- A Colour Box (dir. Len Lye 1935)
- Housing Problems (dir. Edgar Anstey, Arthur Elton 1935)
- Introducing the Dial (dir. Stuart Legg 1935)
- Coal Face (dir. Alberto Cavalcanti 1935)
- B.B.C. Droitwich (dir. Harry Watt 1935)
- Night Mail ( dir. (Basil Wright, and Harry Watt 1936)
- Saving of Bill Blewitt (dir. Basil Wright 1936)
- Line To The Tschierva Hut (dir. Alberto Cavalcanti 1937)
- Children At School (dir. Basil Wright 1937)
- We Live In Two Worlds (dir. Alberto Cavalcanti 1937)
- Daily Round (dir. Richard Massingham, Karl Urbahn 1937)
- Trade Tattoo (dir. Len Lye 1937)
- The Face of Scotland (dir. Basil Wright 1938)
- The Children's Story (dir. Alexander Shaw 1938)
- Scotland for Fitness (dir. Brian Salt 1938)
- They Made the Land (dir. Mary Field 1938)
- Sport in Scotland (dir. Stanley L. Russell 1938)
- Wealth of a Nation (dir. Donald Alexander 1938)
- Sea Food (1938)
- The Londoners (dir. John Taylor (director) 1939)
- Judgement Deferred (dir. John Baxter 1951)
- Brandy for the Parson (dir. John Eldridge 1952)
- The Brave Don't Cry (dir. Philip Leacock 1952)
- Miss Robin Hood (dir. John Guillermin 1952)
- Time Gentlemen Please! (dir. Lewis Gilbert 1952)
- You're Only Young Twice (dir. Terry Bishop 1952)
- Man of Africa (dir. Cyril Frankel 1953)
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Background (dir. Daniel Birt 1953)
Laxdale Hall (dir. John Eldridge 1953)
The Oracle (dir. C.M. Pennington-Richards 1953)
Child's Play (dir. Margaret Thomson 1954)
Devil on Horseback (dir. Cyril Frankel 1954)
Rivers at Work (dir. Lew Davidson 1958)
This Wonderful World (dir. various 1957-67)
Seawards the Great Ships (dir. Hilary Harris 1960)
The Heart of Scotland (dir. Laurence Henson 1961)
The Creative Process (dir. Donald McWilliams 1961)
Health of a City (dir. Derek Williams 1965)
I Remember, I Remember (dir. James Sutherland 1968)
Films Produced and/or Directed by George Stoney
The films produced and/or directed by Stoney are too numerous to list here. His earliest works are
listed, with a few others. For a complete filmography, see: http://www.afana.org/stoneygeorge.htm
- Land and Life (1949) for the Tennessee Valley Authority's Test Farm Program
- Palmour Street, a Study of Family Life (1949) for Mental Health, Georgia State Health Dept.
- Tar Heel Family (1949) for the North Carolina State Department of Education.
- All My Babies: A Midwife's Own Story (1953) for the Georgia Department of Health
- Family Life in India: Ten of Us (1968) for McGraw-Hill, Family Life Around the World series
- Family Life in Japan: Remember I'm Me (1969) for McGraw-Hill, Family Life Around the World
- You Are On Indian Land (1969), Challenge for Change series. Directed by: Mort Ransen.
- God Help the Man Who Would Part with His Land (1971), Challenge for Change series
- Nell and Fred (1971), Challenge for Change series. Directed by: Richard Todd.
- In China, Family Planning is No Private Matter (1977) for Planned Parenthood
- Two Worlds to Remember (1978) for the Jewish Home and Hospital for the Aged
- We Shall Overcome (1988) for PBS
Series produced by George Stoney
- Challenge for Change (1968-1970) for the National Film Board of Canada
- The 51st State (1971-1973) for WNET, 13 short segments on pollution of the Hudson River
- Video collections (1972-1976) from material by early activists in public access television.
- A series of community action video projects (1974-78): Fair Housing in Queens and Long
Island. Boston Media Project
- Clarke College videos (1983): Reidsville Bus, Housing Protests, Atlanta Media Project.
Films
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by Richard Leacock and Robert Drew
Primary (1960), co-directed with Donn Pennebaker
Mooney Vs. Fowle (1963)
Happy Mother’s Day (1963) co-directed with Joyce Chopra (both Leacock’s and CBS versions)
Films by Albert & David Maysles
http://www.mayslesfilms.com/companypages/films/films.htm
- Anastasia (1962)
- Showman (1963)
- Orson Welles In Spain (1963)
- What's Happening! The Beatles in America (1964)
- IBM: A Self-Portrait (1964)
- Meet Marlon Brando (1965)
- Cut Piece (1965)
- Six in Paris (1965) (with Godard, as cinematographer)
- With Love from Truman (1966, with Charlotte Zwerin)
- Salesman (1968) (with Charlotte Zwerin)
- Journey to Jerusalem (1968)
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Films
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Gimme Shelter (1970, with Charlotte Zwerin)
Christo's Valley Curtain (1974, with Ellen Hovde)
Grey Gardens (1976, with Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer, Susan Froemke)
The Burks of Georgia (1976, with Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer)
Running Fence (1978, with Charlotte Zwerin)
Muhammad and Larry (1980)
Vladimir Horowitz: The Last Romantic (1985), with Susan Froemke, Deborah Dickson, Pat
Jaffe)
Ozawa (1985, with Susan Froemke, Deborah Dickson)
Islands (1986, with Charlotte Zwerin)
Christo in Paris (1990, with Deborah Dickson and Susan Froemke)
by Frederick Wiseman
State Legislature (2006)
The Garden (2005)
Domestic Violence 2 (2002)
La Dernière lettre / The Last Letter (2002)
Domestic Violence (2001)
Belfast, Maine (1999)
Public Housing (1997)
La Comédie-Française ou L'amour joué (1996)
Ballet (1995)
High School II (1994)
Zoo (1993)
Aspen (1991)
Central Park (1989)
Near Death (1989)
Blind (1987)
Missile (1987)
Adjustment and Work (1986)
Deaf (1986)
Multi-Handicapped (1986)
Racetrack (1985)
The Store (1983)
Model (1980)
Seraphita's Diary (1980)
Manoeuvre (1979)
Sinai Field Mission (1978)
Canal Zone (1977)
Meat (1976)
Welfare (1975)
Primate (1974)
Juvenile Court (1973)
Essene (1972)
Basic Training (1971)
I Miss Sonia Henie (1971)
Hospital (1970)
Law and Order (1969)
High School (1968)
Titicut Follies (1967)
The Cool World (1963) (producer only)
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Films
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Films
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by Jean-Pierre Gorin
Vent d'est (1969) co-directed with Jean-Luc Godard
Lotte in Italia (1969) co-directed with Jean-Luc Godard
Vladimir et Rosa (1971) co-directed with Jean-Luc Godard
Tout va bien (1972) co-directed with Jean-Luc Godard
Letter to Jane (1972) co-directed with Jean-Luc Godard
Ici et ailleurs (1975) co-directed with Jean-Luc Godard and Anne-Marie Miéville
Poto and Cabengo (1978)
Routine Pleasures (1986, 77 min.)
My Crasy Life (1991)
Letter to Peter (1992) video
by Errol Morris
Gates of Heaven (1978)
Vernon, Florida (1981)
The Thin Blue Line (1988)
The Dark Wind (1991)
A Brief History of Time (1991)
Fast, Cheap and Out of Control (1997)
Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. (1999)
The Fog of War (2003)
Standard Operating Procedure (2008)
A Few More Documentary/Ethnographic Films by Title
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Man with a Movie Camera (1929), Dziga Vertov
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Olympia (1938), Leni Riefenstahl
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Farrebique (1946), Georges Rouquier
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The Quiet One: Race Issues Children Face In School (1948), Sidney Meyers, written by James
Agee, Academy Award winning documentary.
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City of Gold (1957, 21 min.) Colin Low and Wolf Koenig for John Grierson’s National Film
Board of Canada.
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The Fogo Project (1967), Tony Williamson, National Film Board, Challenge for Change (see
http://astro.temple.edu/~ruby/ruby/speaking.html)
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The Women's Olamal: The Organization of a Maasai Fertility Ceremony (color, 110 min,
1985), Melissa Llelewyn-Davies, produced by the BBC.
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Polka (1986, 52 min.), Robert Boonzajer Flaes & Maarten Rens (online
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNwzGMEmk-0&feature=related)
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Trobriand Cricket (color, 1976, 54 min.), Gary Kildea and Jerry Leach
http://www.berkeleymedia.com/catalog/berkeleymedia/films/arts_humanities/trobriand_crick
et_an_ingenious_response_to_colonialism
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