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The Great Dance, a Hunter's Story 27 December 04

Section: article

Categories: Film / vhs

This documentary is about the !Xo San Bushmen of the Kalahari, who are revered for their tracking and hunting abilities.

At the end of the documentary it stated that soon after the filming was completed, the !Xo San people’s “right” to hunt was revoked—a culture which has been based on hunting and gathering for at least 20,000 years.

Below is a quote from from the wikipedia.org entry on the Kalahari:

In 2002 the Botswanan government forced all the Bushmen from their lands within the borders of that country and “resettled” them in fixed encampments. The government has given several different justifications for their action: that it was for purposes of nature conservation; that it was too expensive to continue to supply the Bushmen with water (the water table had been lowered by farming and other development); that it was “to enable them to share in the wealth of the country”; that it was for their own good to become settled and “civilised”. The campaign group Survival International have alleged that the real reason for the re-settlement is to free up the land for diamond mining, but a different group campaigning for the rights of the Bushmen, Ditshwanelo (the Botswanan Centre for Human Rights), dispute this, claiming that the Government’s motives are genuine, but misguided.

Title: The Great Dance, a Hunter’s Story

A documentary feature by: Craig & Damon Foster

Featuring: !Nqate, Karoha and Xlhoase

Year: 1998

  • Title: The Great Dance, a Hunter's Story