Pull Ourselves Up or Die Out

Object Details

Collection Collaborator: McElwee, Ross; Blitz, Daniel; Bishop, John Melville; Baker, Peter; Ritchie, Claire; Young, Robert; Terry, John; Galvin, Frank; Bestall, Clifford; Gardner, Robert; Asch, Timothy, 1932-1994
Collection Creator: Marshall, John, 1932-2005
Collection Collaborator: Marshall, Lorna

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Sponsor: Finding aid has been funded through generous support from the Arcadia Fund.

Collection Citation: The John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman Film and Video Collection, 1950-2000, Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

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Scope and Contents: This title, shot between 1982-1984, was the first of John Marshall's "field reports" --videos that were produced quickly and distributed to government officials and others to raise awareness about issues facing Ju/'hoansi. Highlighted in the taped report are: problems and issues which affect Ju/'hoansi as the economy continues to shift from subsistence to cash-based; scenes and interviews surrounding the possible establishment of a game reserve in Eastern Bushmanland; of cattle farming and husbandry by Ju/'hoan groups; confrontations with South African Administration officials regarding the rights to install a water pump and the rights of Ju/'hoansi to use water. There are original and reference elements for this title.

Collection Restrictions: The John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman Film and Video Collection is open for research. Please contact the Archives for availabilty of access copies of audio visual recordings. Original audiovisual material in the Human Studies Film Archives may not be played. Materials relating to Series 6 Production Files are restricted and not available for research until 2048, 2063, 2072. Kinship diagrams in Series 13 are restricted due to privacy concerns. Various copyrights and restrictions on commercial use apply to the reproduction or publication of film, video, audio, photographs, and maps.