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The Gods Must Be Crazy (1981)

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It looks like a paradise, but it is the most treacherous desert in the world:

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The Kalahari. After the short rainy season...

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...there are many water holes, and even rivers.

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But after a few weeks, the water sinks away into the deep Kalahari sand.

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The water holes dry, and the rivers stop flowing.

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The grass fades to a beautiful blond colour...

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...that offers excellent grazing for the animals.

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But for the next nine months, there'll be no water to drink.

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So most of the animals move away, leaving the blond grass uneaten.

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Humans avoid the Kalahari like the plague because man must have water.

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So the beautiful landscapes are devoid of people.

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Except for the little people of the Kalahari.

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Pretty, dainty, small and graceful, the Bushmen.

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Where any other person would die of thirst in a few days...

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...they live quite contentedly in this desert.

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They know where to dig for roots and bugs and tubers...

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...and which berries and pods are good to eat.

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Of course they know what to do about water.

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In the early morning, you can collect dewdrops...

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...from leaves that were carefully laid out the previous evening.