N!ai, The Story of a !Kung Woman
This film provides a broad overview of Ju/'hoan life, both past and present, and an intimate portrait of N!ai, a Ju/'hoan woman who in 1978 was in her mid-thirties. N!ai tells her own story, and in so doing, the story of Ju/'hoan life over a thirty year period. "Before the white people came we did what we wanted," N!ai recalls, describing the life she remembers as a child: following her mother to pick berries, roots, and nuts as the season changed; the division of giraffe meat; the kinds of rain; her resistance to her marriage to /Gunda at the age of eight; and her changing feelings about her husband when he becomes a healer. As N!ai speaks, the film presents scenes from the 1950's that show her as a young girl and a young wife. The uniqueness of N!ai may lie in its tight integration of ethnography and history. While it portrays the changes in Ju/'hoan society over thirty years, it never loses sight of the individual, N!ai.
Year: 1981
Genre: Documentary
Studio: Documentary Educational Resources
Director: Adrienne Miesmer, John Marshall
Cast:
Crew: Adrienne Miesmer (Director), Michael Ambrosino (Executive Producer), John Marshall (Director), Mark Erder (Director of Photography), John Marshall (Director of Photography), Ross McElwee (Director of Photography)
Runtime: 59 minutes
Release: May 03, 1981
IMDb: 5.70/10 by 3 users
Popularity: 0
Country: United States of America, Botswana
Language: Afrikaans, English
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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