This intimate ethnographic study of Voudoun dances and rituals was shot by Maya Deren during her years in Haiti (1947-1951); she never edited the...

An intimate documentary about one family's endeavor to live as Ainu in today's Japan.

"Tourou et Bitti", an eight minute documentary concerning a ritual in Niger, is yet another example of Rouch's excellence in creating documentaries...

The story of a poor girl who leaves her starving family and sheep for a more prosperous village. Her grandfather finds her and tries to convince her...

Robert J. Flaherty's South Seas follow-up to Nanook of the North is a Gauguin idyll moved by "pride of beauty... pride of strength."

Forest of Bliss is an unsparing yet redemptive account of the inevitable griefs, religious passions and frequent happinesses that punctuate daily...

Remember the culture clash in THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY? This time it's real. One of the most ancient cultures on our planet is undergoing a major...

The title of this film translates literally as 'to put on a hori,' a hori being the Songhay term for ceremony of festival. Here it is used to refer...

For months filmmaker Thierry Knauff lived with the Cameroonian tribe, the Baka. This is his document of that time.

In the Darhat valley in northern Mongolia, the horses of nomadic tribes are stolen by bandits who then sell them to Russian slaughterhouses....

A princess joins forces with seven dwarfs to liberate her kingdom from her cruel stepmother, the Evil Queen.

Inconsolable since the death of his wife, Karsh, a prominent businessman, invents a revolutionary and controversial technology that enables the...

Katia Reiter directs the Guadeloupe Volcano Observatory. A passionate volcanologist, she’s waved goodbye to the idea of one day fulfilling her...

An eccentric family portrait set during the May 1968 protests in Paris. A nine-year-old boy stays with his grandparents and uncles while his parents...

In 1963, Esther gives birth to Roland, the youngest of a large family. Roland is born with a club foot that prevents him from standing. Against...

Best friends Carmen and Bolude must travel from NYC to Sydney, Australia, where they have ten days to collect 100 'welcomes' so that Bolude's...

Danish author and self-proclaimed witch Andrea Hejlskov invites us into her personal universe of divination, spirituality and nature motifs from...

Prince Joachim and author Steffen Jacobsen are on a hike through Jutland, bringing with them their own life stories. A beautiful nature film with a...