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Films
5 Films
Region
“East Africa”
x
Directors
“MacDougall, David”
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Country of production
“United States”
x
short films
2
films available on demand
2
Region
East Africa
5
x
Country
Kenya
2
Uganda
3
Keywords
Animals
1
Disasters
1
Family / Kinship
2
Gender Role and Identity
1
Herding
2
Informant-researcher relationship
1
Infrastructure / Transport
1
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
1
Marriage
2
Music / Ethnomusicology
1
Nomads and Nomadism
2
Reflexivity
1
Directors
MacDougall, David
5
x
MacDougall, Judith
4
Series
Turkana Conversations
2
not set
3
Country of production
Australia
5
United States
5
x
Year of production
1970
1
1972
1
1973
1
1976
1
1981
1
Film list
Nawi
1970
20
‘
Directed by
David MacDougall
Judith MacDougall
.
This classic ethnographic documentary, by the renowned filmmaking team of David and Judith MacDougall, explores the nomadic life of the Jie of Uganda. During the dry season the Jie leave their
East Africa
Herding
Music / Ethnomusicology
Nomads and Nomadism
To Live With Herds
1972
90
‘
Directed by
David MacDougall
.
The Jie are semi-nomadic pastoral people living in North-eastern Uganda, who are striving to maintain their way of life in the face of unsympathetic government policy, and, at the time of filming, a dry-season famine.
East Africa
Nomads and Nomadism
Disasters
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
Under the Men’s Tree
1973
15
‘
Directed by
David MacDougall
Judith MacDougall
.
At Jie cattle camps in Uganda men often gather under a special tree to make leather and wooden goods and talk, relax, and sleep. This brilliant ethnographic documentary by renowned filmmakers David
East Africa
Infrastructure / Transport
Informant-researcher relationship
Reflexivity
The Wedding Camels
1976
108
‘
Directed by
Judith MacDougall
David MacDougall
.
Also about individuals from the Turkana in north-western Kenya (see ‘Lorang’s Way’ and ‘A Wife Among Wives’), this film chronicles a series of events which surround the marriage of Lorang’s
East Africa
Family / Kinship
Marriage
Animals
Herding
A Wife Among Wives
1981
72
‘
Directed by
Judith MacDougall
David MacDougall
.
This segment of the trilogy on the Turkana of northern Kenya (see ‘Lorang’s Way’ and ‘The Wedding Camels’ above) evolves around the role of women in the society. The audience follows the
East Africa
Gender Role and Identity
Marriage
Family / Kinship