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AnthropologySylbo, The Last Speakers of the Lost Whistling Language (2013) - The rare language perfect for Communication at a distance [4:20]

724 points 31 comments submitted 8 days ago by luvthe1ugot to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0CIRCjoICA

AnthropologyStrong Medicine (2002) - "We travel to South Africa to investigate the flourishing trade in human body parts." [25 minutes and 26 seconds]

5 points 1 comment submitted 12 days ago by trot-trot to /r/Documentaries

https://www.journeyman.tv/film/1418

AnthropologyWhy Cities Are Where They Are (2017) (15:43)

53 points 12 comments submitted 18 days ago by anothertran to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PWWtqfwacQ

AnthropologyTechno-Religions and Silicon Prophets Lecture (2015)(1:23.00) Brief talk about how technology has affected our past and may influence our future

2 points 0 comments submitted 23 days ago by ramshambles to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6BK5Q_Dblo&t=3577s

AnthropologyIceman Murder Mystery (2011) - The 5,300 year old corpse

4 points 2 comments submitted 1 month ago by PowerfulxInformation to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfLVyKq71FU

AnthropologyMost Isolated people on the planet (2016) :The Sentinelese people of North Sentinel island are probably the most Isolated people In The World who have yet to discover fire, but all attempts to contact them have gone disastrously wrong.

4,499 points 1,111 comments submitted 1 month ago by Merc07 to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrkyHDD78Cs

AnthropologyFunerary ritual in Roman Egypt (2016) Examples of how Roman, Greek and Egyptian Burial Traditions were combined in Roman Egypt.

8 points 0 comments submitted 2 months ago by alllie to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaGPHvBRZN4

AnthropologyJordan Peterson on Psilocybin, Hallucinogens And Religion (2016)- Short lecture on hallucinogenics in different cultures and religion

22 points 4 comments submitted 2 months ago by GreatCanuck to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dPvsqTvLNw

AnthropologyBBC Horizon - The Lost Tribes of Humanity (2016) [59:15]

12 points 10 comments submitted 2 months ago by starkiwi to /r/Documentaries

http://thevideo.me/qf1crqs8av6w/Horizon.S55E16.The.Lost.Tribes.of.Humanity.WEB.h264-ROFL.mkv

AnthropologyJago: A Life Underwater (2016) - "A beautiful documentary about an 80-year-old underwater spear fisherman." (48:10)

50 points 8 comments submitted 2 months ago by stopeatingfatass to /r/Documentaries

https://vimeo.com/139614913

AnthropologyA Desert Heart (2007) 3mins

1 point 1 comment submitted 3 months ago by Juperula to /r/Documentaries

https://youtu.be/2yTRJosjiAs

AnthropologyBlack As (Part 1 Of 3) (2015) - A miniseries following a group of young Aboriginal men on a mission. Mad Max meets Bear Grylls. (4:30)

30 points 8 comments submitted 3 months ago by _Franque_ to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYDoA3YTTOc&index=3&list=PL_NPSSgYZZjvZcaI1ch_t6-Hb65CtxE06

AnthropologyFirst Contact (2008) - indigenous Australians were Still making first contact as Late as the 70s. (5:00)

6,454 points 1,955 comments submitted 3 months ago by _Franque_ to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg4pWP4Tai8&feature=youtu.be

AnthropologyThe Spirit Possession of Alejandro Mamani (1974) - Ethnographers trace the man's suffering as he and his family try to cope with the unpredictability of the illness and the inevitability of death. [27:20]

2 points 3 comments submitted 3 months ago by peskypotato to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hGy8muVDKs

AnthropologyThe Grip of his hand (2016) - A film about fathers and sons, and football (uK) (10:53)

4 points 0 comments submitted 3 months ago by MrOrsom to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE1EQJ6lN9c

AnthropologyGreat Human Odyssey (2016) - Follow our ancient ancestors’ footsteps out of Africa and into every corner of our planet

4 points 3 comments submitted 3 months ago by Public_Fucking_Media to /r/Documentaries

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/evolution/great-human-odyssey.html

AnthropologyLive before you die (2008) (5:55) - A modern day dreamtime. The freedom of a life on the road with horses in an English summer.

2 points 8 comments submitted 3 months ago by ComplexLittlePirate to /r/Documentaries

https://vimeo.com/1241177

AnthropologyFirst Contact (1982) - Highland Papua New Guinea Tribes People encounter the first white Australian Gold Prospectors to venture into the countries interior. Partial [CC] [52:01]

35 points 7 comments submitted 4 months ago by HEYHEYTK to /r/Documentaries

http://iview.abc.net.au/programs/first-contact/ZW0891A001S00

AnthropologyThe Navigators: Pathfinders of the Pacific (1983) - Over 1,000 years ago, the islands of Polynesia were explored and settled by navigators In Hand-Built, Double-Hulled Canoes Sixty Feet Long who used only the waves, the stars, and the flights of birds for guidance

19 points 5 comments submitted 5 months ago by ShadowedSpoon to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxgUjyqN7FU

AnthropologyHerdsmen of the Sun (1989) Werner Herzog Doc about the Wodaabe People (Nomads along the southern edge of the Sahara. Despised by all neighbouring peoples)

5,520 points 564 comments submitted 5 months ago by bowerbirder to /r/Documentaries

https://youtu.be/6xpiwq04bZM

AnthropologyTrobriand Cricket (1976) - Christian missionaries introduced Cricket to the Trobriand Islanders in 1903 to reduce Tribal conflict. natives adopted the sport but blended it with existing rituals into a novel cultural practice. A classic Anthropological film.

47 points 1 comment submitted 5 months ago by travesso to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYZFNRc9mKk

AnthropologyHome Ground (2014) - An Anthropological Documentary exploring how two very different, but geographically close, cultures relate to one another within a striking and vast natural landscape.

12 points 0 comments submitted 5 months ago by ttistolive to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAcSTUocNWI

AnthropologyThe Send Off (2016) - "High School Prom in a Pahokee, Florida"

11 points 2 comments submitted 5 months ago by jimmycthatsme to /r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qt0BrM0OigE

AnthropologyClap Clap: A Brief History of Applause (2016) "Simon Callow explores one of the earliest and most universal systems people have used to interact with each other - the clapping of hands."

12 points 2 comments submitted 5 months ago by miraoister to /r/Documentaries

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07lffnh

AnthropologyJAL AMERICA (2016)-Short doc about a small town

4 points 0 comments submitted 6 months ago by dsaplin to /r/Documentaries

https://vimeo.com/174453056

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