The hunters / produced by the Film Study Center of the Peabody Museum, Harvard University ; directed by John Marshall in collaboration with Robert Gardner.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Marshall, John, 1932-2005, director, producer, author, narrator, editor.

Marshall, Lorna, researcher.

Gardner, Robert, 1925-2014, director, editor.

Harvard University. Film Study Center, producer.

Documentary Educational Resources (Firm), distributor.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

!Kung (African people).

Hunting--Kalahari Desert.

Hunting.

Ethnology--Africa, Southern.

Ethnology.

Southern Africa.

Documentary films.

Ethnographic films.

Genre:

Ethnographic films.

Documentary films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (72 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources, [2004]

System Details:

DVD, from the restored and remastered original 16mm film master.

digital

optical

video file

DVD video

Summary:

In this classic documentary filmed in 1952 and 1953, the Kalahari Bushmen of Africa wage a constant war for survival against the hot arid climate and unyielding soil. "The hunters" focuses on four Ju/'hoansi men who undertake a hunt to obtain meat for their village. The chronicle of their 13-day trek hunting a giraffe is shared when they return home, illustrating the ancient roots and continual renewal of African tribal cultures.

Participant:

Narrator, John Marshall.

Credits:

Edited by John Marshall and Robert Gardner ; ethnographer, Lorna Marshall.

Notes:

DVD copy of a documentary previously released in 1958.

"Part of !Kung series"--Container.

Blue Ribbon--American Film Festival ; Grand Prize--Florence Film Festival ; Robert Flaherty Award.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

OCLC:

58464594