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N/um tchai

Title: N/um tchai [videorecording]
Publication: c1966.

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1 videocassette (U-matic, NTSC) (19 min.) : sd., b&w; 3/4 in.

Summary

Record of n/um tchai, a medicine dance performed by the !Kung of the Nyae Nyae region of South West Africa. Preceding the film proper, an introduction with voice-over narration shows typical dance scenes and explains their meaning. There is no narration during the film itself; for study guide (including detailed synopsis of the film) see: *MGZR Motion pictures. N/um tchai.

Genre/Form

Anthropological films and programs.

Note

Motion picture photographed in 1957 on an expedition sponsored by the Peabody Museum of Harvard University and the Smithsonian Institution. A film from the Bushman Film Studies of John Marshall. Photographed/narrated by John Marshall. Sound recording: Nicholas England. Editing: Frank Galvin. Copyright 1966 Laurence K. Marshall. Reissued as a videotape in 1974 by Documentary Educational Resources, Watertown, Mass.

Call Number

*MGZIC 9-1594

OCLC

NYPY896033607-F

Title

N/um tchai [videorecording]

Imprint

c1966.

Local Subject

San (African people) -- Dances.

!Kung (African people) -- Dances

Ritual and ceremonial dancing -- Africa.

Trance dances.

Medicine dance.

Shamanism.

Motion pictures. N/um tchai.

Added Author

Marshall, John, 1932- Cinematographer. Narrator

Documentary Educational Resources (Firm)

Research Call Number

*MGZIC 9-1594

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