NEW RELEASE
Odyssey Series on DVD
Now on DVD for the first time! In an attempt to cut the often esoteric ice of anthropology, in 1980 PBS released Odyssey, a newly-created series of anthropological documentaries, with a second season in 1981. A perennial favorite at DER, we are pleased to make these great films available on DVD. Read more...
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Sensory Ethnography Lab Series
DER introduces works from Harvard University’s acclaimed new Sensory Ethnography Lab, headed by Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Ernst Karel. Experimenting within the interstices of art and anthropology, these videos represent an important new addition and expansion to the field of modern visual anthropology. Read more...
FROM THE ARCHIVE
Screening Room Series
Robert Gardner's Screening Room series offered viewers valuable insight to the work of some of animation, documentary, and experimental film's most influential figures. The complete series and its individual programs are now offered at a special price, for a limited time only. Read more...
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All My Babies: A Midwife's Own Story
Preserved in the National Film Registry, George Stoney's classic All My Babies is not only a profound portrait of midwife "Miss Mary" Coley, but also is a documentary record of the living conditions of African-American families in 1950s Georgia. Read more...
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Birds of Passage
A lyrical journey through the lives of two young Uruguayan songwriters who have moved from their hometowns to explore new horizons. With striking cinematography and soundtrack, Birds of Passage depicts the challenges of being a young artist and the art of searching, inside and outside oneself. Read more...
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The Stitches Speak (Tanko Bole Chhe)
A wonderful short documentary celebrating the work of Kutch artisans associated with Kala Raksha. Through animation, the film brings to life their art of appliqué and embroidery, which they use to articulate their responses to life and events, both traumatic and joyful. Read more...
