Distant Close

The slave ships during the XVII and XVIII century transported millions of colored people from Africa to America carried within it the seed of a...

How do you entertain yourself while entertaining others? A short documentary about a nighttime projectionist passing the time.

There are many legends associated with the voodoo religion. Her rituals are surrounded by an aura of mystery. The small West African state of Benin...

It is summer, a day in the life under the blistering heat. This is an archival journey through different pairs of eyes and different layers of skin -...

A documentary on the experiences of the Nubetya Yaptiks nomadic family in the Yamal Peninsula, Eastern Siberia, from 1992 to 2001.

Rites and operation of the circumcision of thirty Songhai children on the Niger. Material of this film has been used to make "Les Fils de l'Eau".

Film about the singing and dancing culture of the Ingush people

A woman narrates the thoughts of a world traveler, meditations on time and memory expressed in words and images from places as far-flung as Japan,...

An ethnographic documentary about the Mangbetu tribe of the Belgian Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). The film features a discussion...

The film tells the story of ancient Ingush lullabies - Ingush women and men tell the lullabies of their families and the stories associated with...

X-ray images were invented in 1895, the same year in which the Lumière brothers presented their respective invention in what today is...