Swamp Dialogues

The Danube Delta in Romania - the 'Last European Sanctuary’ - is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. While major efforts are made to protect biodiversity, the plight of local communities is largely overlooked. Social scientists claim that the traumatic nature of the swamp bears heavy on the villagers' lives. But is Nature really to blame? Swamp Dialogues is based on an extensive field-research in the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve. Through a careful ‘argument montage’ built entirely on cinematic language the film represents an anthropological analysis formulated in image and sound.

The Naked Ape

1973

English

5.2

anthropology

based on novel or book

Donald Driver Director

Victoria Principal as Cathy

Marvin Miller as Fat Man

Johnny Crawford as Lee

John Hillerman as Psychiatrist

Somewhat based on Desmond Morris's fascinating book of pop anthropology, this partially animated satirical docudrama produced by Playboy Magazine publisher Hugh Hefner, traces the evolution of human kind and offers insight into the reasons why we behave the way we do. Though often dealing with sexuality, nothing in the film is terribly offensive or graphic. A prime example of mainstream experimental film-making from the early 70's featuring a young and breathtakingly lovely Victoria Principal.

Bamboo Theatre

2019

Cn

7.2

♡ 2

ritualized cultural performance

Cheung Cheuk Director

This film is a portrait of unique cultural space for Spirits, Gods and People. While permanent theatres are commonly built in most cosmopolitan modern cities, Hong Kong preserves a unique theatrical architecture, a Chinese tradition that has lasted more than a century - Bamboo Theatre.

The Truth About Marriage

2018

English

7.4

♡ 5

Roger Nygard Director

Roger Nygard as Self

Doug Williams as Self

Neil Strauss as Self

Jake Johannsen as Self

This documentary follows three couples to see how things turned out several years after their weddings. The film presents challenging ideas about relationships, as it answers the question: Why is marriage so difficult?

Burden of Dreams

1982

English

7.9

♡ 11

91%

Les Blank Director

Jason Robards as Fitzcarraldo

Claudia Cardinale as Molly / Self

Thomas Mauch as Self

José Lewgoy as Self

The Amazon rain forest, 1979. The crew of Fitzcarraldo (1982), a film directed by German director Werner Herzog, soon finds itself with problems related to casting, tribal struggles and accidents, among many other setbacks; but nothing compared to dragging a huge steamboat up a mountain, while Herzog embraces the path of a certain madness to make his vision come true.

Fierce People

2005

English

6.4

♡ 13

24%

Griffin Dunne Director

Chris Evans as Bryce

Blu Mankuma as Gates

Diane Lane as Liz Earl

Kristen Stewart as Maya

A massage therapist looking to overcome her addictions and reconnect with her son, whose father is an anthropologist in South America studying the Yanomani people, moves in with a wealthy ex-client in New Jersey.

The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years

1988

English

7.2

♡ 8

76%

Penelope Spheeris Director

Ozzy Osbourne as Self

Alice Cooper as Self

Gene Simmons as Self - Kiss Bassist

Bret Michaels as Self - Poison Vocalist

An exploration of the heavy metal scene in Los Angeles, with particular emphasis on glam metal. It features concert footage and interviews of legendary heavy metal and hard rock bands and artists such as Aerosmith, Alice Cooper, Kiss, Megadeth, Motörhead, Ozzy Osbourne and W.A.S.P..

Global Metal

2008

English

7.9

♡ 7

88%

Sam Dunn Director

Lars Ulrich as Self

Prabhu Deva as Self

Dave Murray as Self

Lamb of God as Themselves

In GLOBAL METAL, directors Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn set out to discover how the West's most maligned musical genre - heavy metal - has impacted the world's cultures beyond Europe and North America. The film follows metal fan and anthropologist Sam Dunn on a whirlwind journey through Asia, South America and the Middle East as he explores the underbelly of the world's emerging extreme music scenes; from Indonesian death metal to Chinese black metal to Iranian thrash metal. GLOBAL METAL reveals a worldwide community of metalheads who aren't just absorbing metal from the West - they're transforming it - creating a new form of cultural expression in societies dominated by conflict, corruption and mass-consumerism.

Iceman

1984

English

♡ 11

49%

Action

anthropology

arctic polar circle region

Fred Schepisi Director

David Strathairn as Dr. Singe

Philip Akin as Dr. Vermeil

Danny Glover as Loomis

Stephen E. Miller as Temp Doc

A team of Arctic researchers find a 40,000 year-old man frozen in ice and bring him back to life. Anthropologist Dr. Stanley Shephard wants to befriend the Iceman and learn about the man's past while Dr. Diane Brady and her surgical team want to discover the secret that will allow man to live in a frozen state.

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