Under the Men's Tree

Shows life in a Jie cattle camp in the Karamoja district of northern Uganda, as the men gather under a special tree to make leather and wooden goods and to talk, relax, and sleep. The converstion on this particular afternoon becomes a kind of reverse ethnography, centering on the European's most noticeable possession, the motor vehicle. In Jie, with English subtitles., At a Jie cattle camp in Karamoja District, northeastern Uganda, a group of men gather under a special tree to make cowhide rope and spears, to talk, relax and sleep. On this particular afternoon, the men, in a kind of reverse ethnographic analysis, engage in a lively debate regarding the European colonialist's most noticeable possession, the motorcar.
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