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A Curing Ceremony
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Filmmaker Name:
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John Marshall
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Film Length:
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9 min
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Film Year:
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1969
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Duration:
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0-20 min
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Decade:
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1960s
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Series:
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!Kung series
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Color:
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black & white
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Region:
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Africa
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Sha//ge, a very young woman about to have her first child, falls ill, probably with malaria. /Ti!kay, a relative and healer, enters a mild trance, without the stimulus of dancing, in an attempt to cure her. Sha//ge lives but the baby is stillborn.
This film is available as part of the !Kung Short
Films 2- disk set. This collection combines fourteen of Marshall's short !Kung films onto two remastered/re-authored DVDs, complete with a full-color booklet containing photos, writings, and additional information about the series.
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