Marshall, John 1932-Overview
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The Hunters
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7 editions published between 1958 and 2007 in English and held by 253 libraries worldwide In this documentary, the Kalahari Bushmen of Africa wage a constant war for survival against the hot arid climate and unyielding soil. 'The Hunters' focuses on four men who undertake a hunt to obtain meat for their village. The chronicle of their 13-day trek becomes part of the village's folklore, illustrating the ancient roots and continual renewal of African tribal cultures.
The Cinema of John Marshall
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2 editions published in 1993 in English and held by 179 libraries worldwide
N!ai the story of a!Kung woman
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4 editions published between 1979 and 1980 in English and held by 123 libraries worldwide A compilation of footage of the!Kung people of Namibia from 1951 through 1978. Focuses on the changes in the life of these people as seen through the reflections of one woman, N!ai.
Where are the Ju/wasi of Nyae Nyae? : changes in a Bushman society, 1958-1981
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2 editions published in 1984 in English and held by 123 libraries worldwide
A Kalahari family
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6 editions published between 2002 and 2007 in English and held by 105 libraries worldwide In 1951, Laurence and Lorna Marshall and their two children, Elizabeth and John, set out to find the Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert. Their aim was to study and document their life and culture. While in Nyae Nyae the Marshall family documented everyday life as well as unusual events and activities, producing a massive body of work that continues to define the fields of anthropology and ethnographic filmmaking today. Encapsulating 50 years of Namibian history, A Kalahari Family represents a lifetime of documentation, research, and personal contact by filmmaker John Marshall.
N/um tchai the ceremonial dance of the !Kung Bushmen
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8 editions published between 1966 and 2007 in English and held by 62 libraries worldwide Documents a formalized Bushman curing ceremony in the Kalahari Desert area of South West Africa by showing an all-night n/um tchai (medicine dance) in which a number of men go into trance and exercise special curing powers. Divided into two parts: the first reviews and explains typical dance scenes; the second shows the ceremony without narration.
San FX10
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in English and held by 55 libraries worldwide This collection about the San consists of 80 English language documents, three of which are translations from the German (Kaufman, Lebzelter, and Werner). The time span ranges from prehistory, to the early San-European contact period (ca. 1650s-1850s), to the late twentieth century. Most of the documents deal with various !Kung San groups in Namibia, and Botswana (e.g., in the Dobe, Nyae Nyae, G/wi, and Heikum areas). There is also some data on the San of southern Angola and the Republic of South Africa. Major topics of note include kinship, infant behavior and child development, San-European contacts and cultural change, trade, and San knowledge about nature and man.
N/um tchai the ceremonial dance of the !Kung Bushmen : a film
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5 editions published between 1969 and 2007 in English and held by 38 libraries worldwide Documents a formalized Bushman curing ceremony in the Kalahari Desert area of South West Africa by showing an all-night n/um tchai (medicine dance) in which a number of men go into trance and exercise special curing powers. Divided into two parts: the first reviews and explains typical dance scenes; the second shows the ceremony without narration.
Pull ourselves up or die out a field report
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3 editions published between 1985 and 2007 in English and held by 33 libraries worldwide Describes the dire situation of the!Kung people of Nyae Nyae, Namibia.
Essence of anthropology
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5 editions published between 2008 and 2009 in English and held by 32 libraries worldwide The video for this lesson explains the four fields of anthropology, defines the concept of holism, and describes how anthropologists approach their subject matter from a holistic and comparative cross-cultural perspective in order to reach the broadest and most inclusive conclusions possible on their subject. Each field, cultural, physical (biological), linguistic anthropology, and archaeology, is described and situational material is included to illustrate how each field functions and interconnects with the others. Subfields to the four major fields, such as forensics and paleoanthropology, are introduced and discussed, and the concept that humans are biocultural beings, because of the simultaneous adaptations of our biology with culture, is illustrated. The video also introduces the student to the way anthropologists carry out their analyses through rigorous fieldwork and participant observation in order to create the ethnographies that describe humans cross-culturally. Applied anthropology, sometimes referred to as the fifth subfield of anthropology, is introduced.
A rite of passage
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4 editions published between 2005 and 2007 in English and held by 31 libraries worldwide A documentary about life among the!Kung, who live in the Kalahari desert. Shows a small ceremony called "marking" which takes place when a !Kung boy kills his first antelope.
Bitter melons
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2 editions published between 1986 and 2007 in English and held by 31 libraries worldwide Portrays the difficulty of survival in the central Kalahari Desert in southern Africa. A native musician, a member of a Bushman group called the G/wi, performs songs about animals, the land, and daily life. Describes the G/wi, traditional music, dances, children's games, and hunting, planting, and food preparation.
First film
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5 editions published between 1994 and 2007 in English and held by 27 libraries worldwide Documents the 1951 Marshall family expedition to what is now Namibia. Includes a wealth of information about Ju/'hoansi society, including details of material culture and social structure.
To hold our ground a field report
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5 editions published between 1991 and 2007 in English and held by 27 libraries worldwide In the 1950's most Ju/'hoansi had been exterminated or were dispossessed by white colonists and black farmers from the Nyae Nyae region in northeastern Namibia. In 1982 a development foundation, funded by European Non- Government Organizations, was started to help Ju/'hoansi keep Eastern Bushmanland and develop subsistence farming. This report, produced in conjunction with a major Land Rights Conference in Namibia in 1991, shows the Ju/'hoan struggle to hold onto their last fragment of land.
Kung short films
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1 edition published in 2009 in Khoisan and held by 25 libraries worldwide 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.
Bushmen of the Kalahari
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1 edition published in 1980 in English and held by 22 libraries worldwide Discusses the life of the Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert in central and southern Botswana. Deals with how they get their food and how they cooperate with each other. Shows the emerging modern way of living and uncertainty of their culture as a group.
Playing with scorpions
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4 editions published between 1966 and 2007 in English and held by 21 libraries worldwide Children tempt fate, playing with scorpions.
Kung bushmen hunting equipment
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4 editions published between 1966 and 2007 in English and held by 21 libraries worldwide This film shows in detail all the pieces of the !Kung hunting kit and how each piece is made and used, from the collection of the raw materials to the final fabrication, including the preparation of poison arrows.
Kung Bushmen childrens games children throw toy assegais
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2 editions published in 1972 in English and held by 19 libraries worldwide Young boys throw toy spears into a tree, trying to make them stick in the bark.
Tug-of-war, Bushmen
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2 editions published in 1974 in English and held by 19 libraries worldwide Boys in two teams wrestle over a length of rubber hose. more
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!Kung (African people) !Kung (African people)--Economic conditions !Kung (African people)--Medicine !Kung (African people)--Social conditions !Kung (African people)--Social life and customs Africa, Southern Africa--Kalahari Desert Anthropological linguistics Anthropology Archaeology Biography Botswana Case studies Children Civilization Culture and globalization Dance--Religious aspects Documentary films Documentary films Dodoth (African people) Ethnographic films Ethnology Feature films Forensic anthropology G/wi (African people) Healing--Religious aspects History Hunting Income distribution Indigenous peoples--Crimes against Manners and customs Marshall, John,--1932- Motion pictures in ethnology Music Namibia Namibia--Nyae Nyae Namibia--Tsumkwe District Nonfiction films Nyae Nyae Farmers' Co-operative Paleoanthropology Physical anthropology Pictorial works Political science Race relations San (African people) San (African people)--Economic conditions San (African people)--Social conditions San (African people)--Social life and customs Short films Social history
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Marshall, J. (John), 1932-
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