A Group of Women

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

More in San (Bushmen Series

  1. N/Um Tchai - The Ceremonial Dance Of The Kung Bushmen
  2. The Wasp Nest
  3. Tug - Of - War, Bushmen
  4. A Curing Ceremony 1966
  5. A Group of Women 1966
  6. Debe's Tantrum 1966
  7. Playing with Scorpions 1966

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  3. 16mm Filmography editors — creator