Featured Films & digital video streams
- The Garden of Forking Paths:Dilemmas of National DevelopmentPublication Date: 1993
- Millennium: A Poor Man Shames Us All A POOR MAN SHAMES US ALL explores the alternative views of wealth and society that are exhibited in the lives of tribal cultures. It goes from a New York ad agency to the jungles of Indonesia and the plains of Kenya. Learn why our Western views of wealth and economic needs have created a society of strangers in the midst of material riches, while tribal cultures such as the Weyewa of Indonesia and the Gabra of Kenya create economies of dependency on others and measure wealth through people, not possessions.
Multimedia Databases & catalogs
Browse or search to find specific relevant audio/visual material about cultural groups of interest from the following databases or catalogs of audio-visual materials collections.
- Ethnographic Video Online, Volume I-II: Foundational Films This link opens in a new window Ethnographic Video Online, Vol. I-II: Foundational Films contains classic and contemporary ethnographies, documentaries and shorts from every continent, providing teachers visual support to introduce and contextualize hundreds of cultural groups and practices around the world.
- Kanopy This link opens in a new window Kanopy is a provider of documentaries, training films, and theatrical releases available as streaming video. Clips from the videos can be embedded in presentations or shown in class. Films in the Boston University Libraries catalog are licensed to Boston University for educational and research use only, for BU students, faculty, and staff.
