Bitter Melons [digital video]

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Added Author:

Marshall, John, producer, author, film director, narrator.

Marshall, Lorna J., author.

Ukxone, contributor.

Series:

!Kung

Publication Date:

2014

Publication Information:

[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2014.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 32 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound

Abstract:

This film, shot in 1955, focuses on a small band of /Gwi San living in the arid landscape of the central Kalahari Desert in present-day Botswana. The hardships of their everyday survival are woven into the songs of a blind musician, Ukxone, who composes music on a hunting bow.

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Title from title frames.

Technical Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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