Folklore Movies

A portrait of the Arab musicians Bahaa al Jomaa and Yazan Ibrahim.

In a remote mountainous village elderly people no longer deemed productive are stoned to death.

Under the tutelage of anthropologist Franz Boas (her former Columbia professor) and Harlem Renaissance arts patron Charlotte Osgood Mason, Zora Neale...

The film presents a parade of customs, music, songs and dances of the Slovak people in four seasons, based on a theatre play by I. Teren and K.L....

Who could forget the Favorites figure Svákov Ragan in acting creations neopakovatel'ného Jozef Kroner? Three-part television film...

A movie by Jon Jost, who is the maestro of the American experimental movie world. The film tells us the strange incidents that happen in the ruined...

Fear and superstition take hold of a young family during a time of great hunger in 1879 Ireland.

Aarya leaves her family in the city to pursue her passion for the arts. She is gifted a red scarf, and is haunted by a Churail; a demonic and...

A sailor, known as the Adventurer, searching for a lost American explorer discovers him being held hostage on a remote island in the South Sea. The...

An anthropological research on the survival of the supernatural in traditional culture. Shot in different locations in southern Italy, the...

An Asian-American high school football player is forced to confront his deepest fears after a strange encounter with a mysterious figure.

Living in forests untouched by man, these gracious and mysterious fairies use their magical powers to send blessings upon Earth. Do not take their...

Individual political policies and regimes used and abused the national costume of Slovenia. Despite the fact that the individual details of the...

The Matica slovenská (a mostly government-sponsored cultural, academic, and archival institution) employed Karol Plicka (1894-1987) as its...

An ethnographic documentary following the Folia de Reis party that is celebrated every year at Morro de Santa Marta on Rio de Janeiro.