Keyword Polygynous Marriage

David and Judith MacDougall are exploring the marriage rituals and roles of Turkana women in this ethnographic documentary. The film's biggest part is taken up by talks between the Turkana people. As one of the first ethnographic documentaries "A Wife Among Wives" subtitles these talks so that the viewer can get a better and probably more personal understanding of the life of the Turkana.

Canaan's wife dies; he enters a state of isolation from the world. One day he goes with his sister to one of the magazines to be employed there, he meets the editor-in-chief (Dalal) who finds to be similar to his wife, and he also meets her friend, actress (Cloth) who wanted to marry him, but his admiration makes him work in the same magazine, and decides to marry the two friends.