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Bitter melons / photographed and directed by John Marshall ; a Documentary Educational Resources production.
Penn Museum Library - Media VHS DT2458.G27 B58 1991
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- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- !Kung San (Ju/'hoan) series.
- !Kung San (Ju/'hoan) series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- G/wi (African people).
- Music.
- Folk music.
- Manners and customs.
- Social conditions.
- Kalahari Desert--Social life and customs.
- Kalahari Desert.
- G/wi (African people)--Botswana--Social conditions.
- G/wi (African people)--Social life and customs.
- G/wi (African people)--Music.
- Folk music--Botswana.
- G/wi (African people)--Botswana--Music.
- Ethnology--Botswana.
- Ethnology.
- Botswana.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videocassette (32 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
- 1/2 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Watertown, Mass. : Documentary Educational Resources, [1991]
- System Details:
- VHS.
- analog
- magnetic
- stereo
- VHS
- Summary:
- Portrays the difficulty of survival in the central Kalahari Desert in southern Africa, in a zone where game is scarce because waterholes are dry most of the year. A native musician performs songs about animals, the land, and the social life. Includes traditional music, dances, and children's games.
- Credits:
- Musical director, Nicholas England ; ethnography, Lorna Marshall ; sound recording, Daniel Blitz ; edited by Frank Galvin.
- Notes:
- "The songs of the /Gwikhwe musician Ukxone and other music of the /Gwi people who live in the dry grasslands of Botswana."
- "Photographed on a 1955 expedition, sponsored by the Peabody Museum of Harvard University and the Smithsonian Institution."
- "Produced at the Center for Documentary Anthropology."
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- OCLC:
- 30141742
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