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The Hamar Trilogy: Two Girls Go Hunting
| Length: | 50 min |
| Released: | 1996 |
| Ages: |
College Adult |
This tells the story of Duka and her young friend Gardi as they prepare to marry men they have never met. For Hamar girls, marriage means huge sacrifices and is full of longing, sadness and excitement. The film follows the build-up to the marriages, from the all-night vigil with her girlfriends, to her farewells when she is taken away at dawn to the village of her husband's family. The new mother-in-law shaves the bride's hair, butters her body, and prepares her for the first traumatic weeks in a new home.
Member of a series:
• The Hamar Trilogy
"a strong and moving portrait of individuals within a tradition and society."
‒Jack David Eller, Anthropology Review Database
‒Jack David Eller, Anthropology Review Database
Royal Anthropological Institute Film Prize
Margaret Mead Film Festival, 1993,1994
African Studies Association, 1998
Society for Visual Anthropology, 1995
Margaret Mead Film Festival, 1993,1994
African Studies Association, 1998
Society for Visual Anthropology, 1995
