Judith MacDougall explained

Judith MacDougall (born 1938) is an American visual anthropologist and documentary filmmaker, who has made over 20 ethnographic films in Africa, Australia and India.^[1] For many of the films, she worked with her husband, David MacDougall, also an anthropologist and a documentary filmmaker.^[2] Both of them are considered among the most significant anthropological filmmakers in the English-speaking world.^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

Early life and education

MacDougall was born in the United States. She enrolled in the ethnographic film program at the University of California, Los Angeles, where she met her husband, David.^[7] Together, they would go on to make some 20 ethnographic films, across Australia, Africa, and India.^[8]

Filmography

• Indians and Chiefs (1967)
• The House-Opening (1977)
• The Wedding Camels (1980)
• Takeover (1980)
• A Wife Among Wives (1981) (co-directed with David MacDougall)
• Three Horsemen (1982)
• Collum Calling Canberra (1984)
• Sunny and the Dark Horse (1986)
• Photo Wallahs (1991)
• Diyas (2001)

Bibliography

• Book: MacDougall, David . 1999 . Transcultural Cinema. . 9780691012346.

Notes and References

1. News: Film: Anthropologists Focus on Tribal Patriarch in Kenya. Janet. Maslin. The New York Times. October 28, 1981.
2. News: 'Wedding Camels' At the Film Forum. Janet. Maslin. The New York Times. November 23, 1978.
3. Book: Grimshaw, Anna. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/ethnographers-eye/anthropological-cinema-of-david-and-judith-macdougall/6154654EED141B0BCBEC9F131046491B. The anthropological cinema of David and Judith MacDougall. The Ethnographer's Eye . April 10, 2001. The Ethnographer's Eye: Ways of Seeing in Anthropology. 121–148. 10.1017/CBO9780511817670.009. 9780521773102.
4. Web site: David & Judith MacDougall bio. subsol.c3.hu.
5. Reframing Ethnographic Film: A "Conversation" with David MacDougall and Judith MacDougall. Barbash, Ilisa. MacDougall, David. Taylor, Lucien. MacDougall, Judith. 1996. American Anthropologist. 98. 2. 371–387. 10.1525/aa.1996.98.2.02a00120. 682894.
6. Book: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/ethnographers-eye/anthropological-cinema-of-david-and-judith-macdougall/6154654EED141B0BCBEC9F131046491B. 10.1017/CBO9780511817670.009. The anthropological cinema of David and Judith Mac Dougall. The Ethnographer's Eye. 2001. 121–148. Cambridge University Press. 9780521773102.
7. Web site: Judith MacDougall – Ronin Films – Educational DVD Sales. Chirp. Internet. www.roninfilms.com.au.
8. Web site: Judith MacDougall | Visual Anthropology. Tyler. Br. on. Willrich.