John Marshall, filmmaker and activist, is best known for his lifetime involvement with the Ju/‘hoansi (!Kung Bushmen) of Nyae Nyae in Namibia’s Kalahari Desert. He first picked up a camera in 1949, at the age of 17, during the first of several expeditions to the Kalahari organized by his father, Laurence Marshall. The whole Marshall family - including John’s mother, Lorna, and sister, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas - became engaged in a multi-disciplinary study of the Ju/‘hoansi. John applied himself whole-heartedly to the task of filming, he was a natural cameraman. His first film, The Hunters (1957), was an almost instant classic of ethnographic film. John continued his documentary record of Ju/‘hoansi, directing his final shoot in 2000. He has since shot over 600,000 feet of film from which 26 films were edited. A KALAHARI FAMILY (2002) his epic six-hour series, tells the story of the Ju/‘hoansi from 1950-2000 and charts John’s evolution from filmmaker to activist. John continued his advocacy work until shortly before his death in 2005. His legacy - both in film and in the Ju/‘hoan community - lives on. … read more
John Marshall ‐ The !Kung Project
Bitter Roots
Adrian Strong
Great Britain, Namibia 2010 | 71 Min. | OmeU
Great Britain, Namibia 2010 | 71 Min. | OmeU

The Hunters
John Marshall
Namibia, USA | 57 Min. | OmeU
Namibia, USA | 57 Min. | OmeU
