Drums from the Past 1971 Directed by Jean Rouch Tourou et Bitti: Les tambours d'avant
"Tourou et Bitti", an eight minute documentary concerning a ritual in Niger, is yet another example of Rouch's excellence in creating documentaries which surpass the conventional documentary format. Just as frightening and fascinating as "Les maîtres fous", this one goes straight into the roots of ancient African cultures, in which music has an hypnotic effect, being at the same time an exorcism and a public show. Both the female and the male dancers are almost deities about to be unleashed... Spectral and humanitarian.
Gnere
Documentary
Production Companies
CNRS Images
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Comité du film Éthnographique
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Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Release Date 1 January 1971
12 mins
