Links for Film Selections from Seeing Anthropology 2nd Ed.

The Goddess and the Computer
Read AboutSteve Lansing's research on the role of Balinese water temples and temple priests in computer-regulated rice irrigation management, which is the subject of this film.

Latah: A Culture-Specific Elaboration of the Startle Reflex
Amazon.com posts reviews of Ronald C. Simons 1996 book in Oxford University's Series in Affective Science, Boo! Culture, Experience, and the Startle Reflex, which features the latah phenomenon in Malaysia.

Dead Birds
Read critical reviews of Robert Gardner's ethnographic filmography, "Robert Gardner and the Anthropological Cinema." and Karl Heider's ethnographic work on "Dani Warfare"

The Nuer
See the film study guide with maps, photos, and critical thinking questions from Heider, Seeing Anthropology. For a different perspective on this classic ethnographic film, see Danny Yee's (U. Sydney) review.

N!ai: The Story of the !Kung Woman
Read "Epic Kalahari Documentary," a critical article on the 1997 PBS rerelease of John Marshall's !Kung series. Also available is Danny Yee's review of Marjorie Shostak's Nisa.

Trobriand Cricket
For a critical review of this documentary, read this paper on "Ethnographic Surrealism."