John Marshall – Documentary Educational Resources https://www.der.org Non-fiction Films about People, Cultures, and Identities of the World Thu, 03 Apr 2025 21:16:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Returning to Nyae Nyae: Community Connection Through Film Repatriation https://www.der.org/returning-to-nyae-nyae/ Wed, 02 Apr 2025 23:46:58 +0000 https://www.der.org/?p=9968 Flashback: DER in National Geographic’s “Bushmen of the Kalahari” (1974) https://www.der.org/flashback-der-in-national-geographics-bushmen-of-the-kalahari-1974/ Thu, 20 Nov 2014 16:59:20 +0000 http://der.org/community/?p=2485 Here is an excerpt from the National Geographic Society television special Bushmen of the Kalahari (1974), featuring John Marshall and associates at the old DER office in Somerville, Massachusetts.

Original air date: May 17th, 1974.

Fun fact: This special was narrated by Leslie Nielsen and written by a man named Bud Wiser.

More info on IMDB.

]]> Bringing the Kalahari to Mexico City https://www.der.org/bringing-the-kalahari-to-mexico-city/ Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:22:13 +0000 http://der.org/community/?p=1687 Read DER board member Karma Foley’s great article on the Smithsonian Collections Blog about the John Marshall retrospective at DocsDF in Mexico City this past November.

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Photos courtesy of Francisco Palma. See more photos from the retrospective on flickr.

]]> John Marshall Retrospective at DocsDF – November 10-14, 2012 https://www.der.org/john-marshall-retrospective-at-docsdf-november-10-14-2012/ Wed, 24 Oct 2012 19:48:07 +0000 http://der.org/community/?p=1589 docsdf-marshall-retrospective-675

DER is pleased to join DocsDF in honoring the work & legacy of John K. Marshall – filmmaker, activist, and co-founder of our organization – at an upcoming retrospective in Mexico City. This November, DocsDF’s seventh annual film festival will feature a wide variety of documentaries by and about Marshall, including:

The Hunters (1957)
A Joking Relationship (1962)
An Argument About a Marriage (1969)
N/um Tchai: The Ceremonial Dance of the !Kung Bushmen (1969)
N!owa T’ama: The Melon Tossing Game (1970)
Bitter Melons (1971)
A Kalahari Family (1951-2001)
A Forty Dollar Misunderstanding (1973)
After the Game (1973)
Vermont Kids (1975)
Titicut Follies (1967), directed by Frederick Wiseman with cinematography by John Marshall
N!ai: The Story of a !Kung Woman (1980)
Remembering John Marshall (2006), directed by Alice Apley and David Tamés

We are proud to contribute to this series, and we are excited by the opportunity to present Marshall’s work to new audiences. All the films have been translated and subtitled in Spanish specifically for this event.

For more information, including a schedule of the screenings, please visit http://www.docsdf.org/en/categoria/proyecciones/cine-entre-culturas/.

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