The Anthropology Collection

The Anthropology Collection from Docuseek2 features a stellar collection of films that cover the entire spectrum of the field of anthropology. Over one hundred films cover the richness of the anthropology discipline by presenting stories from every continent over the last two hundred years, with content in every major sub-discipline, including historical anthropology (THE HUMAN ZOO, THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SARA BAARTMAN), visual anthropology (COMING TO LIGHT, A BOATLOAD OF IRISHMEN), cultural anthropology (UNTOUCHABLE), economic anthropology (CAN'T DO IT IN EUROPE; FOR THE BEST AND FOR THE ONION!), forensic anthropology (SACRED SOIL), and physical anthropology (BABOON TALES).

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The Anthropology Collection includes the following titles:

10th Parallel

A voyage deep into the Amazon to explore the implications of Brazil's policy on uncontacted indigenous tribes.

Icarus Films | 2011 | 87 minutes | 9-12, COLLEGE, ADULT

A Better Life

Returning to Todos Santos after 30 years, a look at the profound economic and social changes that have transformed this Guatemalan Mayan village.

Icarus Films | 2011 | 52 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult

A Boatload of Wild Irishmen

The life and work of legendary director Robert Flaherty ('Nanook of the North'), the 'father of documentary.'

Icarus Films | 2011 | 84 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult

A Natural History of Laughter

A lively look at the latest developments in the scientific study of laughter.

Icarus Films | 2011 | 48 minutes | 8-12, COLLEGE, ADULT

Advertising Missionaries

Follows the mission of one theater company to bring the consumer revolution to the people of the highlands of Papua New Guinea.

Icarus Films | 1996 | 52 minutes | 9-12, College, Adult

An Ecology of Mind

A daughter's loving film portrait of one of the 20th century's most influential thinkers, Gregory Bateson, anthropologist, systems theorist and ecologist.

Bullfrog Films | 2011 | 60 minutes | 9 - 12, College, Adults

Baboon Tales

Dr. Shirley Strum's new interpretation of baboon society.

Bullfrog Films | 1998 | 52 minutes | 5-12, College, Adult

Between Two Worlds

A personal essay revealing the passionate debates over identity and generational change inside today's American Jewish community.

Bullfrog Films | 2011 | 70 minutes | College, Adults

Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan

The first film about the Kyrgyz tradition of bride kidnapping takes viewers inside families, to talk with kidnapped brides who have managed to escape as well as those who are making homes with their new husbands.

Icarus Films | 2004 | 51 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult

Brother Towns / Pueblos Hermanos

An uplifting story about Jupiter, Florida's humane response to an influx of day laborers from Jacaltenango, Guatemala.

Bullfrog Films | 2010 | 58 minutes | 10-12, College, Adult

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