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John Marshall

John Marshall

Actor, Director, Cinematographer

Born November 12, 1932 in Massachusetts, USA

Died April 22, 2005

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Biography

John Kennedy Marshall (November 12, 1932 – April 22, 2005) was an American anthropologist and acclaimed documentary filmmaker best known for his work in Namibia recording the lives of the Ju/'hoansi (also called the !Kung Bushmen).

Marshall first traveled to the Kalahari Desert and met the Ju/'hoansi of the Nyae Nyae area in 1949 on a trip initiated by his father. Throughout the 1950s and 1960's members of the Marshall family returned to the Kalahari Desert numerous times to conduct an ethnographic study of the Ju/'hoansi. From 1950-1958 Marshall filmed the hunting and gathering life of the Ju/'hoansi. His first edited film, The Hunters, was released in 1957 and was an almost instant classic of ethnographic film.

During the 1960s and 1970s, Marshall produced many short films about the Ju/'hoansi of Nyae Nyae and pursued other film projects in the United States. He was the cinematographer and co-director for Fred Wiseman's first documentary film, Titicut Follies. In 1968-1969, he shot, edited and directed the ground-breaking Pittsburgh Police series of short films. In 1968, Marshall and Tim Asch founded Documentary Educational Resources, a non-profit organization dedicated to facilitating the use of cross-cultural documentaries in the classroom.

Marshall became involved in grassroots organizing and development in Nyae Nyae in the 1980s, forming a foundation that would become the Nyae Nyae Development Foundation of Namibia and devoting himself to advocating on behalf of the Ju/'hoansi. In 2003, the Society for Visual Anthropology bestowed on Marshall a lifetime achievement award for his work among the hunter gatherer society.

Marshall's documentary footage and edited films and videos of Ju/'hoansi are held at the Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution. Known officially as the John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman Film and Video Collection, 1950–2000, the collection was added to UNESCO's Memory of the World Register for documentary heritage of world importance in July 2009.

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Filmography

Actor

2

In the Wilderness of a Troubled Genre Poster

In the Wilderness of a Troubled Genre Documentary2013Self

The Hunters Poster

The Hunters Documentary1957Narrator

Director

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Type

Year

Kung Bushman Hunting Equipment Short Film2007

A Kalahari Family Mini-Series2001

N!Ai, the Story of a!Kung Woman Poster

N!Ai, the Story of a!Kung Woman Documentary1981

Baobab Play Poster

Baobab Play Short Film1974

A Legal Discussion of a Hit and Run Documentary1973

Investigation of a Hit and Run Documentary1973

901/904 Documentary1972

Bitter Melons Poster

Bitter Melons Short Film1971

After the Game Short Film1970

An Argument About a Marriage Short Film1969

N/Um Tchai: The Ceremonial Dance of the!Kung Bushmen Poster

N/Um Tchai: The Ceremonial Dance of the!Kung Bushmen Short Film1969

National Geographic Specials Poster

National Geographic Specials TV Series1965

The Hunters Poster

The Hunters Documentary1957

Cinematographer

7

Type

Year

Kung Bushman Hunting Equipment Short Film2007

N!Ai, the Story of a!Kung Woman Poster

N!Ai, the Story of a!Kung Woman Documentary1981

901/904 Documentary1972

Bitter Melons Poster

Bitter Melons Short Film1971

Titicut Follies Poster

Titicut Follies Documentary1967

National Geographic Specials Poster

National Geographic Specials TV Series1965

The Hunters Poster

The Hunters Documentary1957

Producer

2

Type

Year

901/904 Documentary1972

Bitter Melons Poster

Bitter Melons Short Film1971

Editorial Department

1

The Feast Poster

The Feast Short Film1973

Editor

1

The Hunters Poster

The Hunters Documentary1957

Sound Department

1

Kung Bushman Hunting Equipment Short Film2007

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