For anthropologists and others looking for a little free entertainment on demand, Joost has been continuing to expand its collection and now boasts several National Geographic and other documentary channels and that members of this community might find interesting. Last night I watched an episode on the Body Farm.Joost is free, but you'll need a ( Read more... )

I went to the Anthropology Film Society Launch at my university yesterday.My Analysis of Indigenous People tutor, Chris Kidd gave the talk. It was all about his fieldword with the Batwa, a displaced (or if you prefer, evicted) forest people from the border region of Democratic Republic of the Congo (Apologies if this is incorrect - I now add ( Read more... )

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article2932252.ece

Strange island: Pacific tribesmen come to study Britain
For centuries, anthropologists have travelled overseas to live among ‘strange’ tribes and observe their ‘colourful’ ways. But ( Read more... )

Hello Anthropologists! I am new to this community but am hoping you can help me! I am looking for any good documentaries about goddess based religions. I am working on a presentation about pre historic goddess worship and would like to incorporate a video component.

Thanks guys!

I was reading the last post and I was wondering if anyone here has made the move from anthropology to film. Did you get another degree? Did you just somehow get involved with the film community ( Read more... )

Has anyone else seen this?

I accidentally caught this documentary really late Tuesday night on PBS when I was in Ohio.  It reminded me of the volunteer work I did with  Somali Bantu immigrants in Cleveland, OH in 2005/6.  Another grad student who was doing her thesis on the subject and I tagged along to help her out, teaching English lessons, ( Read more... )

The following is an article (including an interview with the director) about the on-going documentary series 7 Up. CBC Newsworld will be airing the latest installment of the series, 49 Up, on CBC Newsworld Sunday November 26 and Monday November 27 at 10pm ET/PT.

The Middle Ages  ---  Director Michael Apted revisits his documentary subjects in 49 Up
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Note: I don't think that this has already been posted here, although I was away this past weekend. If it has been posted, sorry. Those of you on SUNTA's mailing list may have already read this review as well. Sounds like a great documentary. I hope some of you were able to catch it.

The City that Care Forgot: Spike Lee and the 'New' New Orleans ( Read more... )

By Nichola Groom ( Read more... )