John Marshall Movies

This film, shot in 1952-53, documents the scarification ceremony called "marking" which was traditionally held for Ju/'hoan boys after they had...

In this film a five-year-old named Debe refuses to let his mother Di!ai go gathering without him. Di!ai appeals to her daughter N!ai to entertain the...

This film, shot in 1955, focuses on a small band of /Gwi San living in the arid landscape of the central Kalahari Desert in present-day Botswana.

Investigation of a Hit and Run follows two officers as they investigate a hit-and-run accident from initial reports to the questioning of witnesses...

Policemen intervene when a woman calls to complain that her boyfriend stole forty dollars. The argument soon escalates as the man refuses to admit...

FIRST FILM was edited and narrated by Lorna Marshall and is comprised of footage shot in 1951 on the second Marshall family expedition to the...

Pioneering ethnographic filmmaker John Marshall casts an eye on the inner workings of a Pittsburgh police station, capturing law enforcement’s...

In this film, a group of women and children gather sweet, fresh /ole berries and sha roots. The younger women, led by N!ai, bait a nest of wasps. As...

/Gunda, a young man (who later marries N!ai), pretends to be a lion. He is "hunted" and "killed" by a group of boys.

This short film shows a family's attempt to resolve a dispute among themselves over a brother's damaged car, after the police have been called to...

A man arrested for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest tells his story in night court.

This film consists of several sequences related to arrests after street fights involving policemen, and discussions of the incidents by the police in...

A customer tries to explain to police why he feels he has been cheated out of an exhaust system by a garage owner.

Follows police patrol cars 901 and 904 as they ply the streets of Pittsburgh, responding to diverse situations.

This film treats the problem of "loitering." In a number of sequences, police warn youths, police administrators discuss enforcement of loitering...

The police, looking for a suspect, question the wrong youth.

An unemployed woman who has been living in her car is questioned by the police. They offer her advice and finally take her to the Salvation Army.

This film consists of sequences from the Pittsburgh Police footage intercut with a panel discussion moderated by Professor James Vorenberg of Harvard...

An Argument About a Marriage raises questions about the impact of European farms on the economic and the social life of the Ju/'hoansi; about the...