John Marshall Movies
- 1991
To Hold Our Ground: A Field Report
To Hold Our Ground: A Field Report01991HD
For thousands of years Ju/'hoansi have lived in the Nyae Nyae region in northeastern Namibia. In the 1950s, most Ju/'hoansi had been exterminated or...
- 1970
First Film
First Film01970HD
FIRST FILM was edited and narrated by Lorna Marshall and is comprised of footage shot in 1951 on the second Marshall family expedition to the...
- 1970
Inside Outside Station 9
Inside Outside Station 901970HD
An installment in the Pittsburgh Police series. A number of short sequences show some of the events and people in the daily lives of several...
- 1970
Inside/Outside Station Nine
Inside/Outside Station Nine01970HD
Pioneering ethnographic filmmaker John Marshall casts an eye on the inner workings of a Pittsburgh police station, capturing law enforcement’s...
- 1978
If It Fits
If It Fits01978HD
The once thriving industrial town of Haverhill, Massachusetts on the Merrimack River now resembles, in the words of one of the film's subjects, "a...
- 1971
Three Domestics
Three Domestics01971HD
In each scene, police respond to a different domestic abuse calls.
- 1971
Bitter Melons
Bitter Melons01971HD
This film, shot in 1955, focuses on a small band of /Gwi San living in the arid landscape of the central Kalahari Desert in present-day Botswana.
- 1972
The Wasp Nest
The Wasp Nest01972HD
In this film, a group of women and children gather sweet, fresh /ole berries and sha roots. The younger women, led by N!ai, bait a nest of wasps. As...
- 1972
A Rite of Passage
A Rite of Passage01972HD
This film, shot in 1952-53, documents the scarification ceremony called "marking" which was traditionally held for Ju/'hoan boys after they had...
- 1974
The Meat Fight
The Meat Fight01974HD
In this film, an argument arises between two bands when an antelope killed by a hunter from one band is found and distributed by a man from another...
- 1973
Men Bathing
Men Bathing01973HD
In Nyae Nyae, water often remains in open pans. Sometimes if the rains have been heavy, water stays in these pans, like small lakes, all year. In...
- 1972
Debe's Tantrum
Debe's Tantrum01972HD
In this film a five-year-old named Debe refuses to let his mother Di!ai go gathering without him. Di!ai appeals to her daughter N!ai to entertain the...
- 1974
Baobab Play
Baobab Play01974HD
Children and teenagers throw sticks, berries, and leaves at each other from perches in a large baobab tree.
- 1970
The Lion Game
The Lion Game01970HD
/Gunda, a young man (who later marries N!ai), pretends to be a lion. He is "hunted" and "killed" by a group of boys.
- 1970
N!owa T'ama: The Melon Tossing Game
N!owa T'ama: The Melon Tossing Game01970HD
Women from three separate Ju/'hoan bands have gathered at a mangetti grove at !O to play an intense game in which under-tones of social and personal...
- 1962
A Joking Relationship
A Joking Relationship01962HD
This film depicts a moment of flirtation between N!ai, the young wife of /Gunda, and her great-uncle /Ti!kay. The two share a "joking relationship,"...
- 1961
A Group of Women
A Group of Women01961HD
Ju/'hoan women often share an intimate sociability and spend many hours together discussing their lives, enjoying each other's company and children....
- 1972
Playing with Scorpions
Playing with Scorpions01972HD
Between 1950 and 1958, John Marshall made four expeditions to film the Ju/'hoansi (a group of !Kung Bushmen) of the Nyae Nyae region of Namibia (then...
- 1969
A Curing Ceremony
A Curing Ceremony01969HD
Sha//ge, a very young woman about to have her first child, falls ill, probably with malaria. /Ti!kay, a relative and healer, enters a mild trance,...