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Bushman's Secret
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Filmmaker Name:
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Rehad Desai, Richard Wicksteed
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Film Length:
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65 min
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Film Year:
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2006
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Duration:
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46-75 min
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Decade:
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2000s
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Color:
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color
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Region:
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Africa
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When South African filmmaker Rehad Desai travels to the Kalahari to investigate global interest in ancient Bushmen knowledge, he meets Jan van der Westhuizen, a fascinating Khomani San traditional healer. Jan's struggle to live close to nature is hampered by centuries of colonial exploitation of the San Bushmen and of their land.
Unable to survive as they once did hunting and gathering, the Khomani now live in a state of poverty that threatens to see the last of this community forever. One plant could make all the difference. Hoodia, a cactus used by Bushmen for centuries, has caught the attention of a giant pharmaceutical company. It now stands to decide the fate of the Khomani San.
Bushman's Secret features breathtaking footage of the Kalahari landscape, and exposes us to a world where modernity collides with ancient ways, at a time when each has, strangely, come to rely on the other.
Bushmen's Secret
Director
Rehad Desai Photography and Co-DirectorRichard Wicksteed ProducersHarmut Keiper Rehad Desai Anita Khanna Zivia Desai Keiper EditorCatherine Meyburgh S.A.G.E. Menno Boerema SoundRobin Harris Sound DesignerWilber Schubel Sound EditorJuli Vanderberg Online Editor & ColoristYoav Dagan Music ComposerPhilip Miller ScriptAnita Khanna Additional PhotographyNicolaas Hofmeyer Creative ConsultantsStef Snel Guy Oliver Narration CoachFiona Ramsay Additional EditingFlaremedia Video Vision Assistant EditorsNkanyiso Sodinda Ncube Ravi Desai Adam Patyk Additional CameraFrancesco Biaginni Phillip Vail David Burton Vincent Moloi Additional SoundIan Arrow Mogamat Arendse Wayne Hammond Nami Mhlongo Production AssistantsMohau Memeza Nkanyiso Sodinda Ncube Adam Duignan Deon Noubitsen Tszmkxao Fanie IUi Promo EditorFrancesco Biaginni
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