The Hunters
name: label: Collection Collaborator
content: McElwee, Ross
label: Collection Collaborator
content: Blitz, Daniel
label: Collection Collaborator
content: Bishop, John Melville
label: Collection Collaborator
content: Baker, Peter
label: Collection Collaborator
content: Ritchie, Claire
label: Collection Collaborator
content: Young, Robert
label: Collection Collaborator
content: Terry, John
label: Collection Collaborator
content: Galvin, Frank
label: Collection Collaborator
content: Bestall, Clifford
label: Collection Collaborator
content: Gardner, Robert
label: Collection Collaborator
content: Asch, Timothy, 1932-1994
label: Collection Creator
content: Marshall, John, 1932-2005
label: Collection Collaborator
content: Marshall, Lorna
setName: label: See more items in
content: John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman film and video collection
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content: John Marshall Ju/'hoan Bushman film and video collection / Series 2: Published Films and Videos
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Film reels (sound, color reversal; 2,680 feet (72 minutes), 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1957
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: HSFA.1983.11, File 2005.11.27
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: THE HUNTERS, John Marshall's first film, was shot in 1952-53, with additional
shooting in 1955. The feature-length film tells the story of a days-long giraffe hunt
undertaken by four men. It also introduces many other aspects of Ju/'hoan culture. Now
a classic in ethnographic film, THE HUNTERS was ground-breaking in its time for its
personal depiction of individuals from a hunter-gatherer society, for its beautiful
camerawork, and for its narrative style. In 1995, THE HUNTERS was added to the
National Film Registry. It also received a film preservation grant from the National Film
Preservation Fund and was restored in 2000. There is a Spanish language version of this
title. Several unpublished early or alternate versions of THE HUNTERS also exist; see
2005.11.47, 2005.11.48, and 2005.11.49 in Series 3.