N!ai, The Story of a !Kung Woman (1981)

N!ai, The Story of a !Kung Woman

1981

59m

5.7

5.7/10

3 votes • View on IMDb

Overview

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.

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies

Documentary Educational Resources

Production Countries

United States of America Botswana

Spoken Languages

Afrikaans English

Quick Facts

Release Date	May 3, 1981
Status	Released
Language	EN
IMDb ID	tt0212371

Cast

Key Crew

Adrienne Miesmer

Director

Michael Ambrosino

Executive Producer

John Marshall

Director

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