Dodoth Morning
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by Timothy Asch
color, 20 min, 1961
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Dodoth Morning was the first film by the pioneering filmmaker,
Timothy Asch who is best known for his collaborations with anthropologists
such as Napoleon Chagnon, Linda Connor, Patsy Asch, and E. Douglas
Lewis. Shot in northeast Uganda in 1961, a year when too much
rain threatened to rot the millet the Dodoth people grew to supplement
their diet. Primarily a pastoral people, the Dodoth depended
on their herds of oxen for food and to determine wealth. With
minimal narration the film opens in early morning and follows
a headman, his four wives and family through daily tasks. Tension
builds and breaks out in a domestic argument between father and
son. This video copy was made from the recently discovered and
only edited 16mm print known to exist. Tim Asch's work with the
Yanomami in Venezuela and with indigenous peoples throughout
Indonesia have been used for teaching, shown in festivals and
won awards worldwide. DER is pleased to be able to offer this
historically significant film to researchers, educators and film
historians. Useful for teaching Anthropology, Pastoralism, Film
History, Africa, Gender and Kinship.