John Marshall Movies

  • 1991
    To Hold Our Ground: A Field Report

    To Hold Our Ground: A Field Report

    To Hold Our Ground: A Field Report

    01991HD

    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...

    To Hold Our Ground: A Field Report
  • 1970
    First Film

    First Film

    First Film

    01970HD

    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...

    First Film
  • 1970
    Inside Outside Station 9

    Inside Outside Station 9

    Inside Outside Station 9

    01970HD

    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...

    Inside Outside Station 9
  • 1970
    Inside/Outside Station Nine

    Inside/Outside Station Nine

    Inside/Outside Station Nine

    01970HD

    Pioneering ethnographic filmmaker John Marshall casts an eye on the inner workings of a Pittsburgh police station, capturing law enforcement’s...

    Inside/Outside Station Nine
  • 1978
    If It Fits

    If It Fits

    If It Fits

    01978HD

    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...

    If It Fits
  • 1971
    Three Domestics

    Three Domestics

    Three Domestics

    01971HD

    In each scene, police respond to a different domestic abuse calls.

    Three Domestics
  • 1971
    Bitter Melons

    Bitter Melons

    Bitter Melons

    01971HD

    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.

    Bitter Melons
  • 1972
    The Wasp Nest

    The Wasp Nest

    The Wasp Nest

    01972HD

    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...

    The Wasp Nest
  • 1972
    A Rite of Passage

    A Rite of Passage

    A Rite of Passage

    01972HD

    This film, shot in 1952-53, documents the scarification ceremony called "marking" which was traditionally held for Ju/'hoan boys after they had...

    A Rite of Passage
  • 1974
    The Meat Fight

    The Meat Fight

    The Meat Fight

    01974HD

    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...

    The Meat Fight
  • 1973
    Men Bathing

    Men Bathing

    Men Bathing

    01973HD

    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...

    Men Bathing
  • 1972
    Debe's Tantrum

    Debe's Tantrum

    Debe's Tantrum

    01972HD

    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...

    Debe's Tantrum
  • 1974
    Baobab Play

    Baobab Play

    Baobab Play

    01974HD

    Children and teenagers throw sticks, berries, and leaves at each other from perches in a large baobab tree.

    Baobab Play
  • 1970
    The Lion Game

    The Lion Game

    The Lion Game

    01970HD

    /Gunda, a young man (who later marries N!ai), pretends to be a lion. He is "hunted" and "killed" by a group of boys.

    The Lion Game
  • 1970
    N!owa T'ama: The Melon Tossing Game

    N!owa T'ama: The Melon Tossing Game

    N!owa T'ama: The Melon Tossing Game

    01970HD

    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...

    N!owa T'ama: The Melon Tossing Game
  • 1962
    A Joking Relationship

    A Joking Relationship

    A Joking Relationship

    01962HD

    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,"...

    A Joking Relationship
  • 1961
    A Group of Women

    A Group of Women

    A Group of Women

    01961HD

    Ju/'hoan women often share an intimate sociability and spend many hours together discussing their lives, enjoying each other's company and children....

    A Group of Women
  • 1972
    Playing with Scorpions

    Playing with Scorpions

    Playing with Scorpions

    01972HD

    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...

    Playing with Scorpions
  • 1969
    A Curing Ceremony

    A Curing Ceremony

    A Curing Ceremony

    01969HD

    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,...

    A Curing Ceremony