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N!ai, The Story of a !Kung Woman
1981 | 59m | English
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| Director: | John Marshall, Adrienne Miesmer |
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| 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. | |
| Release Date: | May 03, 1981 |
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| Director: | John Marshall, Adrienne Miesmer |
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| Genres: | Documentary |
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| Production Companies | Documentary Educational Resources |
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Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 19, 2026 Entered: Apr 28, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Name | Job |
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| John Marshall | Editor, Director of Photography, Director |
| Adrienne Miesmer | Editor, Director |
| Mark Erder | Director of Photography |
| Ross McElwee | Director of Photography |
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| Michael Ambrosino | Executive Producer |
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