The Gods Must Be Crazy (1984)


N!xau                   Xi
Marius Weyers           Andrew Steyn
Sandra Prinsloo         Kate Thompson
Nic DeJager             Jack Hind
Louw Verwey             Sam Boga
Michael Thys            Mpudi
Fanyana Sidumo          1st Card
Joe Seakatsie           2nd Card
Brian O'Shaughnessy     Mr Thompson
Vera Blacker            Mrs Thompson
Ken Gampu               President
Jamie Uys               Missionary

Directed by:            Jamie Uys
Produced by:            Boet Troskie, Jamie Uys


A Kalahari bushman discovers a Coke bottle, thrown from a passing plane, in the middle of the 
desert, which he believes is a gift from the gods. The "gift" proves to be more of a curse than 
a blessing when the tribesmen begin to fight over it and eventually use it as a weapon. To keep 
peace in the village, the tribesman decides to take the bottle to "the end of the earth" and 
throw it back to the gods.

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A Sho in the Kalahari desert encounters technology for the first time--in the shape of a Coke 
bottle. He takes it back to his people, and they use it for many tasks. The people start to fight 
over it, so he decides to return it to the God--where he thinks it came from. Meanwhile, we are 
introduced to a school teacher assigned to a small village, a despotic revolutionary, and a 
clumsy biologist.

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Misery is brought to a small group of Sho in the Kalahari desert in the form of a cola bottle. 
In his quest to throw the evil object over the edge of the earth, Xixo encounters Western 
"civilization," a haphazard doctor and a tyranical despot.