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Les maitres fous

Title
Les maitres fous [videorecording] / Pierre Braunberger presente une production de la Films de la Pléiade ; un film de Jean Rouch.
Publication
Watertown, MA : Documentary Education Resources, [199?]
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Additional Authors
  • Rouch, Jean.
  • Braunberger, Pierre, 1905-1990.
  • Baron, Suzanne.
  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (France)
  • Institut français d'Afrique noire.
  • Films de la Pléiade (Firm)
Description
1 videocassette (NTSC) (30 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
This film documents the Hauka cult, a religious movement which was widespread in Ghana from the 1920's to the 1950's. Shows devotees living and working in Accra and participating in a primitive tribal ceremony. The Hauka enter trances and are possessed by various spirits associated with the Western colonial powers.
Subject
  • Spirit possession
  • Cults > Ghana
  • Cults > Africa, West
  • Cults > Niger
  • Accra (Ghana) > Rites and ceremonies
  • Accra (Ghana) > Religion
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Note
  • Originally produced as a documentary film in 1954; released as a motion picture in the United States by Contemporary Films/McGraw-Hill in 1970.
  • "Film réalisé au cours d'une mission de Centre national de la recherche scientifique et de l'Institute française d'Afrique noire." -- opening credits.
  • Narrated in English; opening credits and titles in French.
Credits (note)
  • Suzanne Baron (montage, editing), Damouré Zika and Ibrahima Dia (prise de son, sound recording).
System Details (note)
  • VHS.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-8251
OCLC
83242024
Title
Les maitres fous [videorecording] / Pierre Braunberger presente une production de la Films de la Pléiade ; un film de Jean Rouch.
Imprint
Watertown, MA : Documentary Education Resources, [199?]
System Details
VHS.
Credits
Suzanne Baron (montage, editing), Damouré Zika and Ibrahima Dia (prise de son, sound recording).
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Added Author
Rouch, Jean. Director
Rouch, Jean. Cinematographer
Braunberger, Pierre, 1905-1990. Producer
Baron, Suzanne. Editor
Centre national de la recherche scientifique (France)
Institut français d'Afrique noire.
Films de la Pléiade (Firm)
Publisher No.
"NT01"
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-8251
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