The !Kung Bushmen of Africa’s Kalahari desert are a people trapped by the myths art has created about them. Their unhappy history, and how it was shaped by a series of documentary films, is the ...

Ketelelo Moapare may not be totally prepared to be a movie star. He’s never actually been to a local movie theater. Or a sporting event. Or a rock concert. Instead, he’s been studying, as Michigan ...

This short film, shot in 1957-58, presents the N/um Tchai, or medicine dance of the Ju/'hoansi. The film opens with a brief introduction to the role of n/um (supernatural or spiritual medicine) in ...

This year's top film at the Missoula International Wildlife Film Festival isn't out on DVD yet, but it's already got some special bonus material. On Saturday, Missoula audiences will see the premiere ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman Film and Video Collection contains full film and video projects (outtake material), film production elements ...

Film director Rob Nillson, Activist and Environmentalist Gail Schickele, and Film Archivist Jon Shibata in conversation with Richard Wolinsky, discussing the film “Bushman,” directed by David ...

Is there inherent value in preserving tradition? What if tradition, for you, meant rejecting modern life in favor of your ancestral lifestyle of hunting and gathering in sub-Saharan Africa? This is ...

This jewel of experimental cinema tells the story of an educated Nigerian in San Francisco at the height of the Black Panther movement. Never shown in cinemas at the time of its release in 1971, the ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...