Nǃai, the Story of a ǃKung Woman (1980)

Original title

N!ai, The Story of a !Kung Woman

Directed by

John Marshall

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

59 min

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Juǀʼhoan woman named Nǃai tells her own story and the story of her people's life. The film shows how her community lived in the past and how they live in the present.

observationalintimatecontemplativeeverydaypersonalculturalreflective

What happens

Nǃai, the Story of a ǃKung Woman is a documentary film by ethnographic filmmaker John Marshall. The film was first broadcast in 1980 as part of the Odyssey series on PBS and is distributed by Documentary Educational Resources. It provides a broad overview of Juǀʼhoan life, both past and present, and an intimate portrait of Nǃai, a Juǀʼhoan woman who in 1978 was in her mid-thirties. Nǃai (born 1945) tells her own story, and in so doing, the story of Juǀʼhoan life. Her name is pronounced [ᵑǃa.i], with a nasal alveolar click. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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