Robert Gardner Filmes

  • 1981
    The Shepherds of Berneray

    The Shepherds of Berneray

    The Shepherds of Berneray

    01981HD

    In 1980, Jack Shae and Allen Moore, two ethnographic filmmakers from Harvard University, moved their families to the island of Berneray in the Outer...

    The Shepherds of Berneray
  • 1958
    The Old Lady AKA A Human Document

    The Old Lady AKA A Human Document

    The Old Lady AKA A Human Document

    01958HD

    The only film except for helping John Marshall with The Hunters that I did when I went to the Kalahari in 1957. I became entranced by an old lady...

    The Old Lady AKA A Human Document
  • 1966
    The Photographer

    The Photographer

    The Photographer

    01966HD

    Short by Robert Gardner

    The Photographer
  • 1951
    Fort Rupert

    Fort Rupert

    Fort Rupert

    01951HD

    Kwakiutl, Kwakwaka'Wakw, potlatches. British Columbia tribe as a civilization in decline as assimilation has almost obliterated native culture. Fort...

    Fort Rupert
  • 1952
    Mark Tobey

    Mark Tobey

    Mark Tobey

    01952HD

    This short documentary was made while the painter lived in Seattle, Washington, early in the 1950s. It is only the second film made by Robert Gardner...

    Mark Tobey
  • 1973
    Lobsterman

    Lobsterman

    Lobsterman

    01973HD

    While active in the programming of ABC affiliate Channel 5 in Boston, Gardner was permitted to make a few short one-minute vignettes illustrating the...

    Lobsterman
  • 2022
    Expedition Content

    Expedition Content

    Expedition Content

    02022HD

    Constructed from the audio archive of the 1961 Harvard Peabody Expedition to Netherlands New Guinea: In the encounter with the Hubula people, this...

    Expedition Content
  • 1972
    Land-Divers of Melanesia

    Land-Divers of Melanesia

    Land-Divers of Melanesia

    01972HD

    On the island of Pentecost in the New Hebrides archipelago, a few hundred Melanesians maintain a traditional life thanks to their geographic...

    Land-Divers of Melanesia
  • 1988
    Hauling Sharks

    Hauling Sharks

    Hauling Sharks

    01988HD

    The coastal Danakil in Northeastern Ethiopia have found an environmentally suitable way of life netting sharks far out to sea which they export to...

    Hauling Sharks
  • 1997
    It Could Be Good, It Could Be Bad

    It Could Be Good, It Could Be Bad

    It Could Be Good, It Could Be Bad

    01997HD

    Robert Fulton asked me to join him to do aerial photography in the Southern Chilean Andes. We rigged microphones to record what we were saying to...

    It Could Be Good, It Could Be Bad
  • 2000
    Pilot Notes: Journals Of A Solitary Aviator

    Pilot Notes: Journals Of A Solitary Aviator

    Pilot Notes: Journals Of A Solitary Aviator

    02000HD

    A documentary about a legendary American film maker/aviator Robert Fulton who was contracted by the BBC to film aerial cinematography throughout...

    Pilot Notes: Journals Of A Solitary Aviator