Dir. Jamie Uys
1980, South Africa, Botswana, 109 min
English, Afrikaans and Tswana with English subtitles
Join us for McDonald at The Movies, where comedian, star and co-founder of Kids in the Hall, comic Kevin McDonald will present a film handpicked from the archives of comic history.
A comic allegory about a traveling Bushman who encounters modern civilization and its stranger aspects, including a clumsy scientist and a band of revolutionaries.
Sponsored by IATSE 856 Manitoba.
It might be easy to make a farce about screwball happenings in the desert, but it’s a lot harder to create a funny interaction between nature and human nature. This movie’s a nice little treasure.
– Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
