Synopsis
Various aspects of life of Niger River natives including rain-making, burial, circumcision and a hippopotamus hunt. Compiled from footage from Rouch's films Yenendi, les faiseurs de pluie, Cimetières dans la falaise, Les gens du mil, Circoncision, Bataille sur le grand fleuve.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producers : Institut Français - Afrique Noire (IFAN), CNRS Images
Full credits (4)
- Director of Photography : Jean Rouch
- Narration Writer : Jean Rouch
- Narrator : Pierre Braunberger
- Participant : Jean Rouch
Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Documentary
- Themes : Ethnography
- Production language : French
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French
- Production year : 1956
- French release :
- Runtime : 54 min
- Current status :
- Approval : Unknown
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : 1.37
- Audio format : Mono