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A film discussing post-independence Namibia from the perspective of the Ovahimba.
Due to the danger of a landslide, the yak herders must move to another, safer place. For them, this long and arduous journey has become a habit, but the traditional nomadic way of life is being crushed by modern civiliza
For this 53-minute film from the People's Republic of China (1996), director Gao Guodong spent a year following a family of nomadic herders on the Qiangtang prairie in the mountains of northern Tibet.
The documentary highlights the culture, lifestyles, and traditional songs and dance forms of the Kalbelia community (snake charmers/nomads) of Rajasthan.
Amid government restrictions on ritual burning due to environmental concerns, 60-year-old Wang and 7-year-old Ming strive to fulfill a prayer boat offering for their departed loved ones.
In recent years, the number of people living in a bus or camper has increased significantly. But for this growing group, there are fewer and fewer places where you can legally park. The Kardinge car park in Groningen, a
The Khans attack the nomads, and after killing and plundering, they set fire to the tents.
The Aït Atta tribe of the High Atlas mountain range in Morocco preserves their ancestral right of access to the agdal, a communal land management system that dates back hundreds of years. The film follows Ben Youssef fam
Taiga Nomads is a film series about the Evenki (previously the Tungus), a nomadic people scattered all over eastern Siberia, and living under harsh conditions in the taiga, an area predominated by coniferous and larch fo
Set in the high plateau of eastern Tibet, DROKPA is an intimate portrait of the lives and struggles of Tibetan nomads whose life is on the cusp of irreversible change as once lush grasslands are rapidly turning into dese
This documentary follows the remarkable local doctor who has been providing healthcare to nomadic families living in isolated regions of Mongolia.
A five-month journey will allow viewers to discover, through the eyes of the adventure's protagonists, the social and anthropological reality of this remote, and for many, unknown country: its political and religious con
In Ethiopia’s Afar Region, semi-nomadic pastoralists struggle to maintain their way of life under increasingly harsh conditions. The documentary follows the work of SONNE-International and its local partners as they supp
In his Video Griots Trilogy, Jenkins creates a series of video meditations on history and culture. Using archival footage, photographs, image processing, and an elegiac soundtrack, he pulls together diverse strands of th
At dawn a nomad caravan descends on Aq Kupruk from the foothills of the Hindu Kush. In their camp, and in commerce with the townspeople, the Maldar reveal the mixture of faith and distrust that has kept nomads and sedent
At the foothills of the Himalaya, along the border separating India and Nepal, Raji nomads still hunt for wild honey. They scale the trees of the great Terai forest, risking their lives to harvest the honey of the apis