Bushman
1968: Martin Luther King, Robert Kennedy, and Bobby Hutton are among the recent dead. In Nigeria, the Civil War is entering its second year with no end in sight. In San Francisco, the adventures of Gabriel, a young Nigerian reflects tribal, personal, and racial frictions during the tumultuous sixties. Truth is stranger than fiction in Bushman, a rare sort of film portrait, part document, part imagined – poetic in its approach to real events.
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Plot Summary
A group of people embark on an adventure in the Kalahari Desert. Their journey is fraught with peril as they encounter the harsh realities of the desert and its inhabitants. The film explores themes of survival and the clash between civilization and the wild.
Critical Reception
Bushman is a relatively obscure film that received limited critical attention upon its release. It is often noted for its visual depiction of the South African landscape, though its narrative and character development have been cited as weaknesses by the few reviewers who have commented on it.
What Reviewers Say
- Praised for its scenic cinematography of the Kalahari.
- Criticized for a slow-moving and underdeveloped plot.
- Character motivations are often unclear.
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Fun Fact
The film was shot on location in South West Africa (modern-day Namibia), capturing the stark beauty and challenges of the Kalahari Desert.
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