The films of Robert Gardner (All films produced by the Film Study Center, Harvard University)
Dead Birds (1964) 83 min. Robert Gardner (director, camera, script, narration), Karl Heider and Jan Broekhuyse (anthropologists), Jarius Lincoln and Joyce Chopra (editors).Ritual warfare among the Dani of New Guinea.
Rivers of Sand (1975) 85 min. Robert Gardner (director, script, camera, narrator, and sound), Ivo Strecker and Jean Lydall (anthropologists), Stewart Gardner and Michael Chalufour (editors).The role of women in Hamar society, Ethiopia.
Altar of Fire (1976) 58 min. Fritz Staal (producer), Robert Gardner (director), Gardner and Staal (script), Daniel Ingalls (narrator), Gardner, Kevin Burker, Ravi Varma, Kunju Vasudevan, Sarwesh Kumar (camera), Michael Chalufour (sound), Staal, Gardner, and Edmund Carpenter (editors). A performance of the Agnicayana, a Vedic ritual of sacrifice.
Deep Hearts (1981) 58 min. Robert Gardner (director, script, narrator), Robert Fulton and Gardner (camera and editors). A male "beauty contest" among the Bororo Fulani of Niger.
Forest of Bliss ( 1986) 90 min. Robert Gardner (director, camera, sound), Akos Oster (anthropologist), Ned Johnson and Michael Chalufour (editors).A portrait of Benares, India, city of death.
Ika Hands (1988) 60 min. Robert Gardner (director, script, camera, sound), Gardner and Gerardo Reichel-Dolmatoff (narrators), Robert Fulton and Michael Chalufour (editors). Indian families survive in the bitter cold of Colombia's Andes.
