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The Hunters

The Hunters

1957
Documentary
1h 12m
This film follows the hunting of a giraffe by four members of the Ju/'hoansi (a !Kung Bushmen tribe) over a 13-day period in the Kalahari desert. The film consists of footage shot in 1952-53 on a Smithsonian-Harvard Peabody expedition. (imdb)
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The Hunters

1957
Documentary
1h 12m
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Rated 21 Jan 2016
79
57th
Particularly given the time when it was made, this is excellent ethnographic footage edited with ample drama and humanity, using a hunt to show various aspects of this tribe's life, its struggles and structure. The rough terrain and distended bellies speak for themselves the hardships of the life these people face, especially in the context of a hunt for food. The narration is surprisingly informative too, but brought down be the film's main flaw, a monotone and tedious narrator. Great otherwise

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