David and Judith MacDougall are exploring the marriage rituals and roles of Turkana women in this ethnographic documentary. The film's biggest part is taken up by talks between the Turkana people. As one of the first ethnographic documentaries "A Wife Among Wives" subtitles these talks so that the viewer can get a better and probably more personal understanding of the life of the Turkana.

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Christof Wackernagel, best known in Germany as an actor and former member of the Red Army Faction ("...

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An experimental ethnographic documentary that criticizes the colonizer view of anthropology.
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