Jamie Uys on The Gods Must Be Crazy film

Title

Jamie Uys on The Gods Must Be Crazy film

Genre

Interview

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1982

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Duration

00:07:22

Description

Interview with Jamie Uys, director of the film The Gods Must Be Crazy, on his relationship with the Kalahari Bushmen, and the lead actor in the film, played by real life Namibian bushman Nǃxau; how Nǃxau reacted to Western life; and how the film was made. Female interviewer not identified (poss. Carol Allen?).

Contributors

Carol Allen?; Jamie Uys

Keywords

South Africa; Films; Indigenous populations; Namibia; Tribes; Film making; African peoples; The Gods Must Be Crazy; Jamie Uys; Kalahari; Nǃxau

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