The story follows N!ai, a woman who grew up as part of the K!ung people in Africa. Their culture is one completely different then ours here in the industral states. Nomadic, they are content to wander the savannas and deserts, eating the bugs, giraffe, and roots they find along the way. Their way of life was simple, and they lived a life like any of us, with disputes about marriage, housing and career choice.
Nai was married at age 8. She did not live with her husband for years. She did not sleep with him for many years after that. She didn't love him, she said.
In later years the government rounded up her people and forced them to live in camps, where they once had free reign of thousands of miles, they were reduced to a few dozen. In that area of the world, TB runs rampant and everyone in the camp had contracted the disease. Living together forced them to develop jealousies and suspicions about one another and tore the once close knit family group into pieces.
This film is an interesting look into another culture far different then our own, but the downfall of this simple culture was far more heartbreaking then I thought it would be. The film does show hunting, they kill a giraffe and it can be a little hard to watch, but it is not gory. When in the camp, Nai's husband does attack Nai and her daughter, calling them whores and accuses them of sleeping around.
I do suggest this film for anthropologists of any nature, but not for anyone under high school age, if you think to show this moving in class.
Nai was married at age 8. She did not live with her husband for years. She did not sleep with him for many years after that. She didn't love him, she said.
In later years the government rounded up her people and forced them to live in camps, where they once had free reign of thousands of miles, they were reduced to a few dozen. In that area of the world, TB runs rampant and everyone in the camp had contracted the disease. Living together forced them to develop jealousies and suspicions about one another and tore the once close knit family group into pieces.
This film is an interesting look into another culture far different then our own, but the downfall of this simple culture was far more heartbreaking then I thought it would be. The film does show hunting, they kill a giraffe and it can be a little hard to watch, but it is not gory. When in the camp, Nai's husband does attack Nai and her daughter, calling them whores and accuses them of sleeping around.
I do suggest this film for anthropologists of any nature, but not for anyone under high school age, if you think to show this moving in class.
