(1917),
comedic romance starring Bessie Love as a downtrodden woman who learns to love the rich
(George Eastman Museum).
Fishing on the Niger
(1967),
International Film Foundation documentary about the fishing methods of the Bozo tribe
(New York Public Library).
Geography of the Body
(1943),
Willard Maas and Marie Menken's landmark exploration of skin in close-up, overlaid with an ironic and poetic voiceover
(Anthology Film Archives).
Herding Cattle on the Niger
(1967),
documentary produced by the International Film Foundation focusing on the herding activities of the nomadic Peul tribe
(New York Public Library).
Image in the Snow
(1950),
avant-garde exploration of mortality by Willard Maas and Marie Menken
(Anthology Film Archives).
(1967),
International Film Foundation documentary illustrating shamanic rituals of the Dogon tribe
(New York Public Library).
One Man Band
(1965-72),
trick film showing amateur filmmaker Sid Laverents playing 16 instruments at once
(UCLA Film & Television Archive).
San Francisco's Chinese Communities
(1941),
three films depicting a Chinese New Year parade, ribbon dancing, and other cultural activities
(San Francisco Media Archive).
Seppala Collection
(1926–46),
footage shot by the sled dog breeder whose heroic delivery of diphtheria serum in 1925 inspired the annual Iditarod race
(University of Alaska Fairbanks).
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