Mammy Water (1953)

Name: Downstream to Kinshasa
Director: unknown
Released: 12 Sep 2020

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"Mammy Water" is mother sea, source of food. Jean Rouch filmed this short documentary in the Gulf of Guinea, in Ghana, where is held a colorful festival, the Chama, in which the participants offer cassava, gin and tobacco to the spirits of water and sacrifice a white ox to thank them and express their gratitude and respect.

Veröffentlichung: Jan 01, 1953

Laufzeit: 19 Protokoll

Sprache: Français

Studio: Les Films de la Pléiade

Land: France

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Besatzung: Jean Rouch (Producer), Jean Rouch (Writer), Jean Rouch (Director), Jean Rouch (Cinematography), Philippe Luzuy (Editor), Damouré Zika (Sound Recordist)

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