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Kalahari Family, A Kalahari Family Part 3: Real Water
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written by John Marshall, 1932-2005; directed by John Marshall, 1932-2005 and Claire Ritchie, fl. 1991; produced by Lorna Jean Marshall, 1898-2002 and John Marshall, 1932-2005, in Kalahari Family (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2001), 57 mins
Ju/'hoan farming communities multiply during the 1980s only to face a new threat. The Department of Nature Conservation wants to create a game reserve on Ju/'hoan territory. People will be forbidden to raise livestock or crops. Instead, Ju/'hoansi will be encouraged to act like "Bushmen" and hunt for the amusement...
written by John Marshall, 1932-2005; directed by John Marshall, 1932-2005 and Claire Ritchie, fl. 1991; produced by Lorna Jean Marshall, 1898-2002 and John Marshall, 1932-2005, in Kalahari Family (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2001), 57 mins
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Kalahari Family, A Kalahari Family Part 5: Death By Myth
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written by John Marshall, 1932-2005; directed by John Marshall, 1932-2005; produced by John Marshall, 1932-2005, in Kalahari Family (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2001), 1 hour 27 mins
Namibian independence attracts vast amounts of international aid, but development programs no longer benefit Ju/'hoan farms. We witness the power of the "Bushman myth." This myth- a belief that Ju/'hoansi live uniquely in harmony with nature and are born to hunt. Promised great wealth, Ju/'hoansi vote to establish...
written by John Marshall, 1932-2005; directed by John Marshall, 1932-2005; produced by John Marshall, 1932-2005, in Kalahari Family (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2001), 1 hour 27 mins
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Kalahari Family, Part 2, End of the Road
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written by John Marshall, 1932-2005; directed by John Marshall, 1932-2005 and Claire Ritchie, fl. 1991; produced by Lorna Jean Marshall, 1898-2002 and John Marshall, 1932-2005, in Kalahari Family, Part 2 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2001), 57 mins
John Marshall is reunited with Toma's family in 1978. Like a majority of Ju/'hoansi, they have settled at Tjum!kui, an administrative post run by the South African government. They came looking for water, jobs and an easier life, but found poverty, malnutrition and violence. Desperate for a more stable existence,...
written by John Marshall, 1932-2005; directed by John Marshall, 1932-2005 and Claire Ritchie, fl. 1991; produced by Lorna Jean Marshall, 1898-2002 and John Marshall, 1932-2005, in Kalahari Family, Part 2 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2001), 57 mins
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Kalahari Family, Part 4, Standing Tall
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written by John Marshall, 1932-2005; directed by John Marshall, 1932-2005; produced by John Marshall, 1932-2005, in Kalahari Family, Part 4 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2001), 56 mins
After twelve decades of colonial rule, South West Africa is about to become the independent nation of Namibia and people are looking forward to democratic rule. Members of the newly formed, Ju/'hoan Farmers' Co-op travel throughout white ranching districts and black ethnic homelands to find long-lost relatives. Fo...
written by John Marshall, 1932-2005; directed by John Marshall, 1932-2005; produced by John Marshall, 1932-2005, in Kalahari Family, Part 4 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2001), 56 mins
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Kamala and Raji
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written by Michael Camerini, fl. 1980-2010; directed by Shari Robertson, fl. 1987-2010 and Michael Camerini, fl. 1980-2010; produced by Michael Camerini, fl. 1980-2010 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1991), 46 mins
Produced and directed by the makers of Dadi's Family, this film is about Kamala and Raji, two women of the working poor who live in Ahmedabad, capital of the west Indian state of Gujarat. They share a common history since both have moved from a background of deprivation and political impotence to a measure of empo...
written by Michael Camerini, fl. 1980-2010; directed by Shari Robertson, fl. 1987-2010 and Michael Camerini, fl. 1980-2010; produced by Michael Camerini, fl. 1980-2010 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1991), 46 mins
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Khalfan and Zanzibar
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written by Ákos Östör, fl. 1985, Alfred Guzzetti, 1942- and Lina Fruzzetti, fl. 1994; directed by Lina Fruzzetti, fl. 1994, Alfred Guzzetti, 1942- and Ákos Östör, fl. 1985; produced by Ákos Östör, fl. 1985 and Lina Fruzzetti, fl. 1994 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2000), 25 mins
Khalfan and Zanzibar is an anthropological documentary shot on digital video — a new departure for the filmmakers, who previously worked exclusively with 16-mm film. Three separate topics are woven together in this innovative project: 1) the life and work of Khalfan Hemed Khalfan, founder of Zanzibar's Associati...
written by Ákos Östör, fl. 1985, Alfred Guzzetti, 1942- and Lina Fruzzetti, fl. 1994; directed by Lina Fruzzetti, fl. 1994, Alfred Guzzetti, 1942- and Ákos Östör, fl. 1985; produced by Ákos Östör, fl. 1985 and Lina Fruzzetti, fl. 1994 (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2000), 25 mins
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!Kung, The Meat Fight
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written by John Marshall, 1932-2005; directed by John Marshall, 1932-2005, in !Kung (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2009), 14 mins
In this film, an argument arises between two bands when an antelope killed by a hunter from one band is found and distributed by a man from another band. The film illustrates conflict mediation in traditional Ju/'hoan society and the Ju/'hoan leaders' ability to settle disputes without violence and without formal...
written by John Marshall, 1932-2005; directed by John Marshall, 1932-2005, in !Kung (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 2009), 14 mins
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!Kung, Pull Ourselves Up or Die Out
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written by John Marshall, 1932-2005; directed by John Marshall, 1932-2005; produced by Claire Ritchie, fl. 1991, in !Kung (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1985), 26 mins
This video, shot between 1980-1984, was an outgrowth of research conducted by John Marshall and Claire Ritchie during those years.
written by John Marshall, 1932-2005; directed by John Marshall, 1932-2005; produced by Claire Ritchie, fl. 1991, in !Kung (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1985), 26 mins
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!Kung, The !Kung San: Resettlement
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written by Claire Ritchie, fl. 1991 and John Marshall, 1932-2005; directed by John Marshall, 1932-2005; produced by John Marshall, 1932-2005, in !Kung (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1988), 22 mins
In comparison to !Kung San: Traditional Life, this video shows some of the dramatic changes in life-style that Ju/'hoansi had experienced by 1986. No longer able to rely on hunting and gathering for subsistence, Ju/'hoansi collect mealie meal welfare, spend money earned from army jobs on alcohol and consumer goods...
written by Claire Ritchie, fl. 1991 and John Marshall, 1932-2005; directed by John Marshall, 1932-2005; produced by John Marshall, 1932-2005, in !Kung (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1988), 22 mins
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!Kung, To Hold Our Ground: A Field Report
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written by Claire Ritchie, fl. 1991 and John Marshall, 1932-2005; directed by John Marshall, 1932-2005 and Claire Ritchie, fl. 1991; produced by Documentary Educational Resources (DER), in !Kung (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1991), 33 mins
For thousands of years Ju/'hoansi have lived in the Nyae Nyae region in northeastern Namibia. In the 1950s, most Ju/'hoansi had been exterminated or were dispossessed by white colonists and black farmers, but in Nyae Nyae Ju/'hoansi were still the only permanent inhabitants.
written by Claire Ritchie, fl. 1991 and John Marshall, 1932-2005; directed by John Marshall, 1932-2005 and Claire Ritchie, fl. 1991; produced by Documentary Educational Resources (DER), in !Kung (Watertown, MA: Documentary Educational Resources (DER), 1991), 33 mins
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