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Anthropology related movie suggestions
JebusUD
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I am looking for suggestions for movies related to anthropology. Preferably ones that are interesting to a more general crowd. We are trying to put on some movies for Brower Society(the anthroplogy club). So far we are going to show some Indiana Jones movies, to bring people in, then kinda explain how archaeology really is afterward.
We are at a loss for anything cultural. We want to do entertaining as well as informative movies. I was thinking maybe "End of the Spear". Although the bible thumping parts and the one dimensional view of the missionary work really leave somthing to be desired. I guess I could get us talking though.
So basically, Looking for movies related to anthropology that aren't droll, boring documentaries. Exciting documentaries will do fine or somthing fictional/based on a true story.
We are at a loss for anything cultural. We want to do entertaining as well as informative movies. I was thinking maybe "End of the Spear". Although the bible thumping parts and the one dimensional view of the missionary work really leave somthing to be desired. I guess I could get us talking though.
So basically, Looking for movies related to anthropology that aren't droll, boring documentaries. Exciting documentaries will do fine or somthing fictional/based on a true story.
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I'm not sure exactly how true to the culture the film is though...
Its college. We could show pretty much whatever we wanted. I think we could even show porn if we checked IDs.
Pretty sure its crap for real culture discussion. edit: I guess we are doing Indiana Jones movies though and pointing out how those are crap.
We were actually thinking about that one already.
Interesting. I will check it out.
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I'm thinking, perhaps, Lost in Translation and Spanglish.
the "no true scotch man" fallacy.
It's classic movie! And there is an epic chariot race.
water spirals the wrong way out the sink
More about how one culture can completely fuck over another one.
Y tu mamá también - class, sexuality, age/generations, Mexican society.
not sure how it would stand the test of time though.
If you're at a university, you could try and get some of the classic short films of actual field work; Chagnon's Yanomamo stuff especially. I recommend The Ax Fight, which is both exciting for your average person (fighting with axes and machetes!) and has some interesting discussion in it.
Hotel Rwanda.
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Man from "today" who was cryogenically frozen is woken up in a future world where everything he has known or believed about his culture (smoking is bad, red meat is bad, etc.) has been proven wrong and society is completely different.
Also, what about Disney's Atlantis?
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