!Kung short films
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Between 1950 and 1958, John Marshall made four expeditions to film the Ju/'hoansi (a group of !Kung Bushmen) of the Nyae Nyae region of Namibia (then South West Africa). During this time, Marshall shot over 300,000 feet of 16mm film (157 hours). He later produced a total of 23 films exclusively from this footage. 15 of those are short films that Marshall referred to as "sequence films." Each focuses on a single event, providing the viewer a brief introduction followed by an uninterrupted sequence. These shorts were intended as educational films; the films' beauty and high emotional content are indicative of the close bond that Marshall had formed with his subjects. This collection combines fourteen of Marshall's short !Kung films.
Credits
Documentary Educational Resources (Firm), production company (film distributor); Marshall, John, 1932-2005, film director, director of photography (editor of moving image work); Frank Galvin (editor of moving image work); Karma Foley (writer of supplementary textual content)
Complete catalog record
Alternate title: Joking relationship. | Group of women. | Curing ceremony. | Lion game. | Argument about a marriage. | Rite of passage. | Wasp nest. | Meat fight.
Original source: Originally released as 14 separate films, 1959-1974. | Booklet provides summaries of each short film and commentary by Karma Foley. | Special features: Both discs, About the series. Disc 2. A Kalahari family trailer; Restoration examples. | Edited by John Marshall and Frank Galvin.
Release: Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources, [2009]
Physical description: 2 videodiscs (161 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (11 pages ; illustrations ; 19 cm) | plastic | 4 3/4 in. | burning | momochrome | monochrome | polychrome | video file | DVD video
Contents: Contents: Disc 1. A joking relationship (12:42, 1962) -- A group of women (5:07, 1961) -- A curing ceremony (8:24, 1959) -- N/um Tchai : the ceremonial dance of the !Kung bushmen (19:44, 1969) -- N!owa T'ama : the mellon tossing game (14:52, 1969) -- The lion game (4:33, 1970) -- An argument about a marriage (18:45, 1969/1972) -- Men bathing (13:44, 1972). | Contents: Disc 2. Playing with scorpions (4:28, 1972) -- A rite of passage (14:44, 1972) -- Debe's tantrum (8:22, 1972) -- The wasp nest (12:47, 1972) -- The meat fight (14:12, 1972) -- Baobab play (7:54, 1972).
Subjects: !Kung (African people) -- Rites and ceremonies | !Kung (African people) | !Kung (African people) -- Social life and customs | Documentaries and Factual Films
Country: United States
Language note: In San dialogue with English subtitles.
Ucla location: Instructional Media Library Stacks DVD | ID8271
Original source: Originally released as 14 separate films, 1959-1974. | Booklet provides summaries of each short film and commentary by Karma Foley. | Special features: Both discs, About the series. Disc 2. A Kalahari family trailer; Restoration examples. | Edited by John Marshall and Frank Galvin.
Release: Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources, [2009]
Physical description: 2 videodiscs (161 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (11 pages ; illustrations ; 19 cm) | plastic | 4 3/4 in. | burning | momochrome | monochrome | polychrome | video file | DVD video
Contents: Contents: Disc 1. A joking relationship (12:42, 1962) -- A group of women (5:07, 1961) -- A curing ceremony (8:24, 1959) -- N/um Tchai : the ceremonial dance of the !Kung bushmen (19:44, 1969) -- N!owa T'ama : the mellon tossing game (14:52, 1969) -- The lion game (4:33, 1970) -- An argument about a marriage (18:45, 1969/1972) -- Men bathing (13:44, 1972). | Contents: Disc 2. Playing with scorpions (4:28, 1972) -- A rite of passage (14:44, 1972) -- Debe's tantrum (8:22, 1972) -- The wasp nest (12:47, 1972) -- The meat fight (14:12, 1972) -- Baobab play (7:54, 1972).
Subjects: !Kung (African people) -- Rites and ceremonies | !Kung (African people) | !Kung (African people) -- Social life and customs | Documentaries and Factual Films
Country: United States
Language note: In San dialogue with English subtitles.
Ucla location: Instructional Media Library Stacks DVD | ID8271
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Sources
- UCLA Library Catalog · record ↗ — title, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record
Record added 2026-11-08 20:56:09