Les maitres fous /

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 th...

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Corporate Authors: Centre national de la recherche scientifique (France), Films de la Pléiade (Firm), Icarus Films, Institut français d'Afrique noire
Other Authors: Braunberger, Pierre, 1905-1990 (Producer), Rouch, Jean (Director)
Format: Electronic Video
Language:French
English
Published: [Brooklyn, N.Y.] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [1954]
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