John Marshall (filmmaker)
| John Marshall | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 12, 1932 Cambridge |
| Died | April 22, 2005 (aged 72) Boston |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | anthropologist, filmmaker |
John Kennedy Marshall[1] (November 12, 1932 – April 22, 2005) was an American anthropologist and acclaimed documentary filmmaker best known for his work in Namibia recording the lives of the Ju/'hoansi tribe (also called the !Kung Bushmen).[2][3]
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[edit] Biography
Marshall was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Lorna Marshall and Laurence Kennedy Marshall and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Peterborough, New Hampshire.[4] He first traveled to the Kalahari Desert, where the tribe dwells, in 1949 with his family on a trip initiated by his father.[5] In 1950 he started filming interviews with local people and eventually became an established cameraman and documentary film maker. In 1968, Marshall and Tim Asch founded Documentary Educational Resources, a non-profit organization dedicated to facilitating the use of cross-cultural documentaries in the classroom.[5][6] In 2003, the Society for Visual Anthropology bestowed on Marshall a lifetime achievement award for his work among the hunter gatherer society.[2] Marshall died of lung cancer in April, 2005.[2][7]
Marshall's documentary footage and edited films and videos of Ju/'hoansi are held at the Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution. Known officially as the John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman Film and Video Collection, 1950–2000, the collection was added to UNESCO's Memory of the World Register for documentary heritage of world importance in July 2009.
Marshall married Dr. Alexandra Eliot Marshall, a widow of his classmate Christopher Eliot. They had a daughter Sonya and raised two sons, Frederick and Christopher Eliot, from the previous marriage of Alexandra Eliot.[2]
[edit] Filmography
- 1957: The Hunters
- 1961: A Group Of Women
- 1962: A Joking Relationship
- 1967: Titicut Follies (cinematographer)
- 1969: An Argument About Marriage
- 1969: ‘N/um Tchai: The Ceremonial Dance of the !Kung Bushmen
- 1969: A Curing Ceremony’'
- 1970: Inside/Outside Station 9’'(Pittsburgh Police Series)
- 1970: The Melon Tossing Game
- 1970: The Lion Game
- 1971: Three Domestics (Pittsburgh Police Series)
- 1971: Vagrant Woman (Pittsburgh Police Series)
- 1971: Bitter Melons
- 1972: Investigation of a Hit and Run (Pittsburgh Police Series)
- 1972: 901/904 (Pittsburgh Police Series)
- 1972: Debe’‘s Tantrum
- 1972: Playing With Scorpions
- 1972: A Rite of Passage
- 1972: !Kung Bushmen Hunting Equipment
- 1972: A Wasp Nest
- 1973: After the Game (Pittsburgh Police Series)
- 1973: A Forty Dollar Misunderstanding (Pittsburgh Police Series)
- 1973: The Informant (Pittsburgh Police Series)
- 1973: A Legal Discussion of a Hit and Run (Pittsburgh Police Series)
- 1973: Manifold Controversy (Pittsburgh Police Series)
- 1973: Nothing Hurt But My Pride (Pittsburgh Police Series)
- 1973: Two Brothers (Pittsburgh Police Series)
- 1973: $21 or 21 Days (Pittsburgh Police Series)
- 1973: Wrong Kid (Pittsburgh Police Series)
- 1973: You Wasn't Loitering (Pittsburgh Police Series)
- 1973: Henry Is Drunk (Pittsburgh Police Series)
- 1973: The 4th, 5th, & Exclusionary Rule (Pittsburgh Police Series)
- 1973: Men Bathing
- 1974: The Meat Fight
- 1974: Baobab Play
- 1974: Children Throw Toy Assegais
- 1974: Tug-Of-War-Bushmen
- 1978: If It Fits
- 1980: N!ai, the Story of a !Kung Woman
- 1985: Pull Ourselves Up Or Die Out
- 1987: The !Kung San: Traditional Life
- 1988: The !Kung San: Resettlement
- 1990: To Hold Our Ground: A Field Report
- 2001: Between Two Worlds: John Marshall
- 2002: A Kalahari Family
[edit] Publications
- By John Marshall
- "Filming and Learning," in a special edition of Visual Anthropology entitled The Cinema of John Marshall, Gordon and Breach Publishers, 1993
- "Plight of the Bushman," Leadership Magazine, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1985
- "Where are the Ju/'hoansi of Nyae Nyae? Changes in a Bushman Society 1950–1981," with Claire Ritchie, for Center for African Studies, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, 1984
- "Death Blow to the Bushmen," in Cultural Survival Quarterly, Vol. 8, No. 3, 1984
- "Urban Film," with Emilie de Brigard in Visual Anthropology, Paul Hockings, Editor, H. Mouton & Co,, The Hague, 1975
- "Man as a Hunter," Natural History Museum, 1958
- On John Marshall
- Tomaselli, Keyan, Visual Anthropology, Encounters in the Kalahari, Chicago, 1999.
- Ruby, Jay, The Cinema of John Marshall, Switzerland, 1993.
- Kapfer, J., Petermann, W., Thoms, R.,Jager und Gejagte John Marshall und seine Filme, Germany, 1991.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Expeditionary notebooks and journals of Lorna and Laurence Marshall, 1928, 1951–1968 : A Finding Aid. Peabody Museum Archives. Harvard University. October 2004
- ^ a b c d Obituaries. harvard.edu
- ^ Eckholm, Erik. (October 9, 1984) As ancient ways slide into oblivion, hunter tribe faces painful choices. New York Times. Retrieved 1 Aug 2008.
- ^ Guide to the John Marshall Ju/’hoan Bushman Film and Video Collection, 1950–2000. nmnh.si.edu
- ^ a b DER founder and filmmaker, John K. Marshall, der.org. Retrieved 1 Aug 2008.
- ^ About. der.org. Retrieved 1 Aug 2008.
- ^ Apley, Alice and David Tamés. (June 2005) Remembering John Marshall (1932–2005) newenglandfilm.com Retrieved 1 Aug 2008.
[edit] External links
- John Marshall (III) (1932–2005). IMDb.com
- Ray, Sandeep. "A Cinema of Patience: John Kennedy Marshall (1932–2005)". Chimurenga. ISSN 1817-0919. http://www.chimurenga.co.za/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=86. Retrieved 2006-12-14.
- "Remembering John Marshall". http://kino-eye.com/rjm/. (biographical short documentary on John Marshall)
- Jansen, Emily. "Out of Africa". NewEnglandFilm.com. http://www.newenglandfilm.com/news/archives/03march/marshall.htm. Retrieved 2006-12-27. (interview with John Marshall)
- Works by or about John Marshall (filmmaker) in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- Guide to the John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman Film and Video Collection, 1950–2000, Human Studies Film Archives and National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
- Web exhibition on the John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman Film and Video Collection
- Press Release on 2009 inscriptions to the Memory of the World Register, UNESCO
