Description |
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 27 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
Note |
Title from title frames. |
Event |
Originally produced by Documentary Educational Resources in 1991. |
Summary |
The director, Dominique Dubosc gives Jean Rouch the opportunity to improvise a new commentary for his first film made in 1947, In the Land of the Black Magi (Au pays des mages noirs) of a Songhay possession dance in Niger. Rouch explains the sacrifices he made due to the producer that took on his film and the "monster" thus created; his footage was re-edited with a new ending, new titles, stock footage, "tropical muzak," and a newsreel-style narration heavy on drama and highlighting the exotic. |
System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
Language |
In French, Subtitles in English. |
Subject |
Rouch, Jean.
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Songhai (African people)
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Group identity.
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Rites and ceremonies.
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Anthropology.
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Politics.
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Filmmaking.
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Ethnographic methodology.
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Added Author |
Dubosc, Dominique, producer, author.
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Rouch, Jean, contributor.
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Kanopy (Firm)
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Music No. |
1048992 Kanopy |
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