A Group of Women

Series: San (Bushmen Series

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1966

Creator: DOCUMENTARY EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES 5 BRIDGE ST WATERTOWN MA 02172 MARSHALL FILMS

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Ju/'hoan women often share an intimate sociability and spend many hours together discussing their lives, enjoying each other's company and children. In this short film, Ju/'hoan women rest, talk and nurse their babies while lying in the shade of a baobab tree. This film is a good illustration of "collective mothering" in which several women support each other and share the nurturing role


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