A Joking Relationship
From the !Kung series
by John Marshall
color, 13 min, 1962
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This film depicts a moment of flirtation between N!ai, the young wife of /Gunda, and her great-uncle /Ti!kay. The two share a "joking relationship," a Ju/'hoan kin relationship which provides opportunities for casual intimacy, emotional release, and support.
Other films in the series:
- An Argument about Marriage
- Baobab Play
- Bitter Melons
- Children Throw Toy Assegais
- A Curing Ceremony
- Debe's Tantrum
- First Film
- A Group of Women
- The Hunters
- A Kalahari Family
- !Kung Bushmen Hunting Equipment
- The !Kung San: Traditional Life
- The !Kung San: Resettlement
- Lion Game
- The Meat Fight
- The Melon Tossing Game
- Men Bathing
- N!ai, The Story of a !Kung Woman
- N/um Tchai: the Ceremonial Dance of the !Kung Bushmen
- Playing with Scorpions
- Pull Ourselves Up or Die Out
- A Rite of Passage
- To Hold Our Own Ground: A Field Report
- Tug-Of-War, Bushmen
- The Wasp Nest