The Gods Must Be Crazy

It begins as a National Geographic sort of documentary about the Kalahari Bushmen, an uncivilized African tribe that knows no violence, is thoroughly self-contained, and holds no material possessions. One day a small plane overhead drops a Coke bottle in the tribe's midst. Assuming that the bottle is a gift from the gods, the members begin to make use of it--and they discover that it has not one but many uses: mashing meal, flattening skins, playing music, making patterns. Since it is such a valuable tool, the tribesmen soon become possessive of it. This lea...