TYPICAL DAY IN THE LIFE OF A KUANYAMA FAMILY

This film is held by the BFI (ID: 12507).

Synopsis

INTEREST.

r.1 Caption explaining that the householder has two wives. At sunrise, he greets each wife in turn outside her sleeping hut. Natives warm themselves around a fire. The cows are milked, some of the milk is poured into a bowl for the family's use, the rest into a butter making gourd (72). Boys skin a dead goat (84). Boys play a game with nuts and sand (106). The cattle are let out to pasture (148). The herdsboy sharpens the horns of a toy bull (157). Children play a clapping…

 

Titles

  • TYPICAL DAY IN THE LIFE OF A KUANYAMA FAMILY
 

Technical Data

Year:
1937
Colour:
Black/White
Sound:
Silent
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
Great Britain
Director
POWELL-COTTON, P.H.G.
 

Countries