The !Kung Bushmen of Africa’s Kalahari desert are a people trapped by the myths art has created about them. Their unhappy history, and how it was shaped by a series of documentary films, is the ...

SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 22, 2014 – After human ancestors controlled fire 400,000 to 1 million years ago, flames not only let them cook food and fend off predators, but also extended their day. A ...

DER is a documentary film distributor best known for its series on the !Kung Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert in Namibia. The company was cofounded in 1968 by filmmaker John Marshall (1932-2005), whose ...

A study of Africa's Kalahari Bushmen suggests that stories told over firelight helped human culture and thought evolve by reinforcing social traditions, promoting harmony and equality, and sparking ...

Trance healers of the African Ju/'hoansi (Kung!) people seen through the flames. Telling stories around a campfire may have served as one of the first forms of "social media," helping humans create ...

A group of !Kung Bushmen in Africa's Kalahari Desert work together to transcribe and translate a recorded firelight conversation into a written text. Such translations were used by University of Utah ...

Learning to control fire did more than just keep out the winter chill and advance cookery skills, according to a leading anthropologist. The camp fire extended the day beyond sunset; promoted social ...

This short film, shot in 1957-58, presents the N/um Tchai, or medicine dance of the Ju/'hoansi. The film opens with a brief introduction to the role of n/um (supernatural or spiritual medicine) in ...

Commenting on the closure of the Kung (Bushman) diorama in the South African Museum (“Unmaking the San”, April 6 to 12), Pippa Skotnes writes: “The challenge is not to get rid of the diorama, but to ...

The blue glow on the horizon dims, and here, around the fire, talk shifts into a different gear that's softer than the bright day. People sit close. A warm light dances on their faces. Gathering ...