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Les maitres fous / Pierre Braunberger présente une production des Films de la Pleïade ; un film de Jean Rouch.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Cults--Ghana--Accra.
- Cults.
- Spirit possession--Ghana--Accra.
- Spirit possession.
- Songhai (African people)--Rites and ceremonies.
- Songhai (African people).
- Rites and ceremonies.
- Ghana--Rites and ceremonies.
- Ghana.
- Cults--Africa, West.
- West Africa.
- Cults--Niger.
- Niger.
- Ghana--Accra.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Ethnographic films.
- Short films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (28 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- English title: Mad masters
- Place of Publication:
- [Brooklyn, N.Y.] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2014]
- Language Note:
- Opening credits in French; English narration.
- 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:
- The film depicts the annual ceremony of the Hauku cult, a social and religious movement which was widespread in French colonial Africa from the 1920's to the 1950's. Participants in the ceremony mimic the elaborate military ceremonies of their colonial occupiers, but in more of a trance than true recreation.
- Credits:
- Editing, Suzanne Baron.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: Films de la Pleïade, [1954]; previously released in 2012.
- "Film réalisé au cours d'une mission de Centre national de la recherche scientifique et de l'Institut français d'Afrique noire."
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed September 25, 2014).
- Publisher Number:
- if-mf Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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