TAMBOURS D'AVANT (LES) THE PREVIOUS DRUMS
On May 1971, people of Simiri in Niger called the Geniuses of the scrubland to fight against the grasshoppers, with making beat, for
may be the last time, the archaic drums, Tourou and Bitti. But during three days, "the genius horses" danced in vain... The fourth
evening, the sound technician called Moussa Hamidou and myself with the camera get into the play. Thus this test of ethnographic
film was filmed in the "J" position, with only one sequence plan of a "strong moment" of a ritual of possession
1972-11’SD
Directed by Jean ROUCH COLOUR THEMAS : ETHNOGRAPHY French version