Remembering John Marshall (2006)

Remembering John Marshall 2006 Alice Apley David Tamés 16 min is a short documentary that weaves together photographs film clips archival footage and interviews with family friends and colleagues to present a brief portrait of John Kennedy Marshall 19322005 who spent fifty years documenting the lives of the Juhoansi people of Namibia Marshall began his filming in 1951 and in the 1980s became an activist helping the Juhoansi fight for their land and water rights Marshall produced over 20 films on the Juhoansi beginning with The Hunters 1957 and culminating with A Kalahari Family 2003 The project began as an article Alice Apley and I wrote shortly after Johns death and then it evolved into a series of video interviews Interviewees include Elizabeth Marshall Thomas Robert Gordon Alexandra Eliot Marshall Cynthia Close Sandeep Ray Karma Foley Jayasinhji Bapa Jhala and Rakhi Jhala