The Linguists

David and Greg are "The Linguists," who document languages on the verge of extinction. In the rugged landscapes of Siberia, India, and Bolivia, their resolve is tested by institutionalized racism and violent economic unrest

PRIMETIME PBS PREMIERE

February 26, 2009

10:00 PM EST

Hello everyone ( Read more... )

for you archaeologists (because you know you love him)

and because i had to,
the first full trailer for the new indiana jones movie:

http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/indianajones.html?showVideo=1

(on my birthday too)

While Pravda editorials attacked decadent Hollywood, Soviet leaders couldn't resist a good western. Stalin was both fascinated and infuriated by John Wayne; the American actor's anti-communism so disturbed Uncle Joe that, according to Orson Welles, he once sent the KGB to California to assassinate him. Leonid Brezhnev, meanwhile, had a crush on ( Read more... )

By FELICIA FONSECA, Associated Press Writer ( 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... )

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... )

For my college Anthropology/Sociology club, we're encouraged to bring movie and field-trip ideas to the meetings. Last semester was quite successful as far as campus wide events went, but now I'm all out of ideas. Could anyone give me a few movie ideas that would relate to a Anthro/Socio topic that is not a documentary? (several of our teachers ( Read more... )

By MARK STEVENSON, Associated Press Writer ( Read more... )

Jim Northrup remembers seeing a little boy trip in front of him, walking down the path for the first time to their dormitory at Pipestone (Minn.) Indian School ( Read more... )