John Marshall Movies

A stark and graphic portrayal of the conditions that existed at the State Prison for the Criminally Insane at Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and...

An ethnographic film that documents the efforts of four !Kung men (also known as Ju/'hoansi or Bushmen) to hunt a giraffe in the Kalahari Desert of...

/Gunda, a young man (who later marries N!ai), pretends to be a lion. He is "hunted" and "killed" by a group of boys.

This film consists of several sequences related to arrests after street fights involving policemen, and discussions of the incidents by the police in...

FIRST FILM was edited and narrated by Lorna Marshall and is comprised of footage shot in 1951 on the second Marshall family expedition to the...

An unemployed woman who has been living in her car is questioned by the police. They offer her advice and finally take her to the Salvation Army.

Jean Rouch filmed this loving and humorous portrait of anthropologist and filmmaker Margaret Mead in September 1977 while he was a guest of the first...

This short film shows a family's attempt to resolve a dispute among themselves over a brother's damaged car, after the police have been called to...

Investigation of a Hit and Run follows two officers as they investigate a hit-and-run accident from initial reports to the questioning of witnesses...

Tchai is the word used by Ju/'hoansi to describe getting together to dance and sing; n/um can be translated as medicine, or supernatural potency. In...

A man arrested for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest tells his story in night court.

In each scene, police respond to a different domestic abuse calls.

An Argument About a Marriage raises questions about the impact of European farms on the economic and the social life of the Ju/'hoansi; about the...

This film illustrates the field techniques used by a multidisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Michigan in collaboration with...

This film depicts a moment of flirtation between N!ai, the young wife of /Gunda, and her great-uncle /Ti!kay. The two share a "joking relationship,"...

This film focuses on a black burglary suspect who, during interrogation by police offers his services as an "undercover" informant - providing the...

Police search for drugs in a house where they arrest a group of boys who return from a basketball game and are accused of having a loud party and...

In this film, an argument arises between two bands when an antelope killed by a hunter from one band is found and distributed by a man from another...

Ju/'hoan women often share an intimate sociability and spend many hours together discussing their lives, enjoying each other's company and children....

Children and teenagers throw sticks, berries, and leaves at each other from perches in a large baobab tree.