本文係針對臺灣原住民民族誌影片，作一綜覽式的回顧，並將重點置於一九八○年代後攝製的臺灣原住民民族誌影片。文中談到的「原住民民族誌影片」係採取比較寬廣的定義，不僅限於人類學界攝製的影片，只要是拍攝者投入較長時間且較深入地呈現臺灣原住民社會文化面向的影片，不論其拍攝者的身份是否為學界人士或是否為原住民，皆納入「原住民民族誌影片」的範疇。作者依年代出現的先後，分為四個段落敘述：無聲的臺灣原住民民族誌影片、有聲的十六釐米原住民民族誌影片、原住民導演以錄影機攝製的原住民紀錄片和非原住民導演以錄影機攝製的原住民紀錄片。

This article attempts to provide an overview of the development of ethnographic films on Taiwan's indigenous peoples. The author makes use of a broad definition of ethnographic films including those made by anthropologists, professional filmmakers, indigenous directors and local cultural workers. These films are delineated chronologically into four sections: silent ethnographic films, 16 mm ethnographic films, ethnographic video films made by indigenous directors, and ethnographic video films made by non-indigenous directors.