Review article of "Cinema: a visual antrhopology" by G. Gray. Oxford, UK, Berg, 2010. ISBN: 978-1-84520-794-6 and "Observational cinema: anthropology, film, and the exploration of social life" by A. Grimshaw and A. Ravetz. Bloomington, Indiana University Press. ISBN: 978-0-253-22158-2. Berg & Grimshaw, Anna and Amanda Ravetz. 2009. Observational Cinema. Anthropology, Film, and the Exploration of Social Life. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.

[Extract] Film is concerned with a mind-body representation that is visual, aural, verbal, narrative, and enactive. It is a mature means in anthropological research, offering something that written accounts cannot. Cinema is a space where both film and anthropology intermingle in a triangular interaction of the filmmaker, the characters on the screen, and the audience. The two books brought together in this review are also connected to each other. Firstly and most obviously, the words 'cinema' and 'anthropology' appear in their titles. Secondly, they both deal with the issues of filmmaking, representation on the screen, and peoples' understanding of film. They are, however, very different from each other in their contents and the message they want to convey to their readers