Remembering john marshall 19322005 new england film. Kung, san of africa wage a constant war for survival against the hot arid climate and unyielding soil. Kung men also known as juhoansi or bushmen to hunt a giraffe in the kalahari desert of namibia. Kung bushmen of botswana, in hunters and gathers today by. Kung speakers are themselves divided into three different groups. Hallucinogen honey hunters hunting mad honey full documentary duration.
The most notable of these films is the hunters 1957. The film tells how one day four kalahari bushmen leave for the hunt determined not to come back until they. The protagonist in the film the gods must be crazy 1980 is a caricature of a. The footage was shot by john marshall during a smithsonian harvard peabody sponsored expedition in 195253. This film follows the hunting of a giraffe by four members of the juhoansi a. The hunters is a 1957 ethnographic film that documents the efforts of four. It provides a broad overview of juhoan life, both past and present, and an intimate portrait of n. Kung woman is a documentary film by ethnographic filmmaker john marshall. Review of american ethnographic film and personal documentary. John marshall produced films that combined documentary and ethnographic film. Kung bushmen tribe over a day period in the kalahari desert. Kung series by john marshall color, 72 min, 1957 this rerelease of an early classic in.
This film forms part of a controlled comparison with the film the desert. The film consists of footage shot in 195253 on a smithsonianharvard peabody expedition. Kung, the hunters alexander street, a proquest company. The film was first broadcast in 1980 as part of the odyssey series on pbs and is distributed by documentary educational resources. Kung men also known as juhoansi or bushmen to hunt a giraffe in the kalahari. The hunters focuses on four men who undertake a hunt to obtain meat for their village. John kennedy marshall november 12, 1932 april 22, 2005 was an american anthropologist and acclaimed documentary filmmaker best known for his work in namibia recording the lives of the juhoansi also called the. In this classic documentary, the kalahari bushmen aka khoisan.
His work offers an evolving, original and unique view on what. Prehistoric cultures university of minnesota duluth. Kung bushmen 1969, an observational film about a juhoansi trance dance filmed in the kalahari desert in the 1950s, i wanted to reach out. Kung series collection 1988 over the course of his career, filmmaker john marshall shot more than one million feet of film and video 722 hours of the juhoansi. John marshalls film the hunters, and his later ikung film series, up to and including. The hunters ethnofest athens ethnographic film festival.
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