Tradition Movies

Bilike has never seen a ping-pong ball before. He and his family live without electricity and running water in a solitary tent home among the vast...

Xiao Xiao is sold into arranged marriage with a 2 year old boy, who she must raise as his nanny until he is old enough to marry her. She is expected...

The Day of the Dead is one of the most deeply rooted and celebrated traditions in our country and when this festivity takes place in a magical town,...

A granddaughter brings joy on Christmas morning by mending her Filipina grandmother’s beloved Mickey plush and decorating her house with...

Song is a story of the last Finnish rune singer and his pupil, and the comforting power of singing.

A couple who want to marry, but face the disapproval by the girl's father.

A documentary that explores the centuries-old tradition of the femminielli in Naples—people assigned male at birth who live in feminine roles...

The Desert Ark (L'Arche du Desert), a variation on Romeo and Juliet set in the Algerian desert. A young couple must face inevitable conflict when...

Eighteen-year-old Shira is the youngest daughter of the Mendelman family. She is about to be married off to a promising young man of the same age and...

Liberal farmer Pepe has arrived in Santa Fe to visit his aunt, Dona Perfecta. While he's there, Pepe is eager to teach the traditional-minded...

College freshman Krishna Reddy, who has never cared for his Indian-American cultural heritage, looks forward to a new life on campus but is surprised...

Ismail Merchant's feature directorial debut addresses a subject close to his heart: the expressive Urdu language of Northern India, in danger of...

For many generations people in the Omo Valley (tribal southwest Ethiopia) believed some children are cursed and that these 'cursed' children bring...

The horses in Denys Colomb Daunant’s dream poem are the white beasts of the marshlands of the Camargue in South West France. Daunant was...

High school soccer players Cammie, Em, and Kara have a tradition of visiting a new psychic after every Saturday match. Cammie soon finds herself in...

In Răchiţele commune, it is said that whoever kisses you on Wool's Day, will be your life partner in a long and busy life. The Mad Bride is...