Time-span
20th - 21st Century
Subscription Type
SUBSCRIPTION
Publisher
Alexander Street
Notes
  • Global, with footage from every continent and hundreds of cultures.
Languages
English
Resource Types
Images and Sound
Description
Online resource for the visual study of human culture and behavior, with more than 2000 hours of documentaries, primary-source footage from working anthropologists and ethnographers, and select feature films. The collection is organized into multiple volumes. Volumes I and II: Foundational Films contains classic and contemporary ethnographies, documentaries and shorts from every continent, to introduce and contextualize hundreds of cultural groups and practices around the world. Volume III: Indigenous Voices consists of documentaries, feature films and shorts made by and for indigenous people and communities. Volume IV: Festivals and Archives includes films from ethnographic film festivals as well as student and faculty field recordings and edited films held in university and institutional repositories.

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