The Cinema of Patience: Reflecting on N!ai, The Story of a !
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Directed and edited by Adrienne Miesmer and John Marshall, the film documents the life of N!ai, a Ju/’hoan woman, and the harsh realities of apartheid in 1980s Namibia, offering an intimate portrait of life in one of the last communities to live by hunting and gathering.
In honor of the fiftieth anniversary of Documentary Educational Resources, this program will explore the film’s importance to the preservation of intangible culture and Marshall’s work in relation to the development of educational, personal and activist documentaries.
The film screening will be followed by a panel discussion featuring:
Michael Ambrosino, Former Producer, Public Television; Creator, PBS series NOVA and Odyssey
Ilisa Barbash, Curator of Visual Anthropology, Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
Sue Marshall Cabezas, Former Executive Director, Documentary Educational Resources
Ross McElwee, Professor of the Practice of Filmmaking, Department of Visual and Environmental Studies, Harvard University
Moderated by Alice Apley, Executive Director, Documentary Educational Resources
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Free and open to the public. Free event parking available at 52 Oxford Street Garage
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www.peabody.harvard.edu/cinema-of-patience
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24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138 map
Phone: 6179260491
Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
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