John Marshall
Appraisal of John Marshall’s Ju/’hoansi Films (journal article review)
The significance of John Marshall’s life is not so much that he made accurate films about the Ju/’hoansi, as that he returned, again and again, to film the same people so he could effectively tell their stories. For 50 years, beginning in the early 1950s, Marshall chronicled their lives, capturing with his films, which were […]
Ju/’hoansi Film Archive Honored by UNESCO
The Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, has announced that the John Marshall archive of Ju/’hoansi film and video has been added to the Memory of the World Register. His recent decision, following a nomination by a panel of experts, adds 35 documents, collections and archives to the UNESCO listing, which now includes 193 works in […]
Ju/’hoansi Chronicles—The Marshall Family Legacy, part 2 of 2 [video review]
Extracts of John Marshall’s epic film about the Ju/’hoansi, A Kalahari Family, available for several years in five videocassettes, were released to the Web last year by Documentary Educational Resources. Over an hour of the five films, the first 12 to 18 minutes of each, is now available (see citations below). The descriptions of the […]
Portion of a Ju/’hoansi Film Now Available on the Web
The first 14 minutes of John Marshall’s 1958 documentary film “The Hunters” was released on November 30th by Documentary Educational Resources on the Google Video website. It is the first film about the Ju/’hoansi produced by the famed film maker. The full 70 minute video is available for purchase through the Google site. The film […]
John Marshall Photos Now Available Through Flickr
The black and white photo on flickr of a Ju/’hoansi woman winnowing grain is only mildly interesting until you notice the dog-tag hanging around her neck—she is number 73. Her face is mostly obscured by her right arm holding up a handful of grain, which adds to the power of the shining number at the […]
Films Pay Tribute to John Marshall
The Boston Museum of Fine Arts is presenting a series of films from Documentary Educational Resources (DER) as a tribute to John Marshall, a leading filmmaker who died last year on April 22. Marshall devoted most of his life to making films of the Ju/’hoansi in the Nyae Nyae area of Namibia. The first films […]
