Director David MacDougall, Judith MacDougall
Country/Production USA/Australia
Release 1973
Length 15 mins
Format Colour / DVD / PAL / All region
Location Uganda / Africa
Ethnic Group Jie
Language Jie with English subtitles
Collection MacDougall
Comments on same dvd as Nawi
Order No RAI-200.37B
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At Jie cattle camps in Uganda men often gather under a special tree to make leather and wooden goods and talk, relax, and sleep. This brilliant ethnographic documentary by renowned filmmakers David and Judith MacDougall captures one particularly riveting discussion one afternoon under the men's tree. The conversation on this particular afternoon becomes a kind of reverse ethnography, centering on the European's most noticeable possession, the motor vehicle. This is a uniquely delicate and intimate film, filled with the humor of the Jie and, implicitly, the ironic wit of the filmmakers.
