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Viewer Comments

"Gives a beautiful sense of Marshall's life"

— Faye Ginsburg, Director, Center for Media, Culture
& History, New York University

"An arresting tribute to to the foul-tempered Hub brahmin who after spending 50 years filming the people of Namibia might be America's greatest barely known documentarian."

— Gerald Peary, The Boston Phoenix

"A beautiful profile. It left me knowing this man -- something of his complexity -- and the deep effect he had on his observed world / the world he learned to be a participant."

— W.C. Rogers, Coruway Film Institute

"The characters feel immediately familiar and their presence lasts long after the film ends."

— Hermine Muskat, New England Film

"Alice Apley and David Tames, combining anthropological and filmmaking expertise, have rescued the reputation of an important anthropological filmmaker from his own obsessive perfectionism with this brief, graceful and intensely moving tribute to the late John Marshall."

— Tim Wright, Filmmaker & Educator

"An hour long version would be well received if the 16 minute version is any indication"

—Sam Kauffmann, Associate Professor, Boston University
College of Communication

"Expertly-edited, fascinating glimpse into the psyche and politics of a trailblazing filmmaker"

— Kim Romano, Filmmaker