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Niobe Thompson

Niobe Thompson

Niobe Thompson is a Canadian anthropologist and documentary film maker.

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Movies Made By Niobe Thompson (10)

The Hunt for the Oldest DNA (2024)

Three million years ago, camels roamed through Greenland's endless forests and our ancestors lived in the trees. It all came to an end with the Ice Ages. What died and what survived, as natural selection shaped the evolutionary tree during this epochal sh ...

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Carbon: The Unauthorised Biography (2022)

With Carbon in the news every day, you might think you know everything about her. But you'd be wrong. This spectacular and surprisingly unorthodox documentary reveals the paradoxical story of the element that builds all life, and yet may end it all. Narrat ...

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The Time We Have Left (2021)

If you knew today what our changing climate would do to your family in 30 years, what would you do, right now, while there was still time to act? This short film examines the human experience of survival during a time of transformation destined to be inscr ...

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The Long Today (2020)

Filmmaker Niobe Thompson's dad turned 70 this summer. So he found a "river" on a map, repaired one of his old wood canoes, and invited his family to help him celebrate the big day. ...

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A Bee's Diary (2020)

Bees are one of the most important species on the planet. A look at the trials and tribulations of two particular honeybees over two years from birth to death. ...

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Equus: Story of the Horse (2019)

While the earliest works of art of mankind depicted horses, the early history of the two species remains largely unknown. From the last nomadic peoples of the Altai Mountains to the Bedouins of the Arabian Peninsula and the Blackfoot Indians, Canadian anth ...

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Transplanting Hope (2018)

NOVA takes you inside the operating room to witness organ transplant teams transferring organs from donors to recipients. Meet families navigating both sides of a transplant, and researchers working to end the organ shortage. Their efforts to understand or ...

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Fast Horse (2018)

The Blackfoot bareback horse-racing tradition returns in the astonishingly dangerous Indian Relay. Siksika horseman Allison Red Crow struggles with secondhand horses and a new jockey on his way to challenging the best riders in the Blackfoot Confederacy. ...

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Boy Nomad (2018)

9-year old Janibek lives with his family in Mongolia's Altai Mountains. His first love is racing horses, but this winter, his father will bring him on the toughest journey in a nomad's life: the winter migration. ...

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Tipping Point: The End of Oil (2011)

In an oil-scarce world, we know there are sacrifices to be made in the pursuit of energy. What no one expected was that a tiny Native community, living down the river from Canada's tar sands, would reach out to the world for help — and be heard. ...

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Movies Starring Niobe Thompson (2)

Equus: Story of the Horse (2019)

While the earliest works of art of mankind depicted horses, the early history of the two species remains largely unknown. From the last nomadic peoples of the Altai Mountains to the Bedouins of the Arabian Peninsula and the Blackfoot Indians, Canadian anth ...

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Code Breakers (2005)

In 1951, a cheating scandal rocks West Point academy, as 83 cadets -- including the son of the school's football coach (Glenn) -- are implicated and ultimately dismissed. ...

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