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Circulating

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V3703

Under the Men’s Tree

MacDougall, David; MacDougall, Judith

Berkeley Media LLC,

Title:

Under the Men’s Tree

Director:

MacDougall, David; MacDougall, Judith

Description:

1/2 in., VHS, NTSC.   viewing copy.   1 videocassette of 1.
15 minutes.   b/w.   sound.  

Country:

USA, Uganda

Year:

1968, 1974

Publisher:

Berkeley Media LLC,

Language:

Jie with English subtitles
Closed Captioned

Genre:

Documentary, Female Directors

Notes:

At Jie cattle camps in Uganda men often gather under a special tree to make leather and wooden goods and talk, relax, and sleep. 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. Shot in 1968, released in 1972.