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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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