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La Goumbé des jeunes noceurs = The Goumbé of the Young Revelers / Pierre Braunberger présente ; un film de Jean Rouch ; une production Les Films de la Pléïade.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Urban youth--Africa, West--Societies and clubs.
- Urban youth.
- Social conditions.
- Africa, West--Social life and customs.
- Africa, West.
- West Africa.
- Manners and customs.
- Africa, West--Social conditions--20th century.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Short films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (28 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Goumbé of the Young Revelers
- Place of Publication:
- [Brooklyn, New York] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2021]
- Language Note:
- In French with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- As West African cities faced explosive growth in the 1960s, young people found themselves displaced, living in urban centers far from their families and home regions. Enter the goumbés--youth associations combining networking, mutual aid, and a healthy dose of fun. In this short film by Jean Rouch, we meet the Goumbé of Young Revelers, an Ivory Coast group whose bylaws include requirements for monthly parades, writing songs and coming up with new dance moves. The film deftly moves between club meetings and the daily lives of goumbé members--a longshoreman, a tailor, a clerk-providing a snapshot of life in Abidjan and culminating with a celebratory music and dance filled "meeting."
- Participant:
- Narrator, Keïta Malik Tergal.
- Credits:
- Music: Sidiki Doumbia, Abdoulaye Traore ; photography, Jean Rouch ; editor, Annie Tregot.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: Les Films de la Pléïade, ©1965.
- Film restored by Les Films du Pantheon.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed May 18, 2021).
- Publisher Number:
- if-goumbe Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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