Episode number 4 of Series “Faces of culture”.
For two million years we were hunter-gatherers. For the Bushmen of the Kalahari, it is still the way of life that is best suited to their environment. Women’s work counts for 85% of the group’s diet. The men provide the meat. The first half of this program covers various peoples around the world who still hunt and gather as the main form of their subsistence. The second half deals with the pastoralists. In semi-arid lands, with little water for crops pastoralism provides an ingenious adaptation to the needs of food production. Instead of hunting prey, it would be collected and protected in herds. Covers Netsilik Eskimos, Tribesmen of Africa’s Sudan and Tribesmen of Iran. Narrated by David Carradine.
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ACMI Identifier
303986
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Herders
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Pastoral systems
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Herders
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Indigenous peoples - Kalahari Desert
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Indigenous peoples - Kalahari Desert - Hunting
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Kalahari Desert
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Netsilik Eskimos
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Hunting and gathering societies
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Sound
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Colour
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VHS; Access Print (Section 1)