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Title:
Mammy water [videorecording] / Ministère de la culture, Les archives du film du Centre national de la cinématographie présentent ; Pierre Braunberger présente ; un film de Jean Rouch ; Films de la Pléiade.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Publisher:
Icarus Films,
Copyright Date:
2010?
Description:
1 videodisc (18 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject:
Shama (Ghana)--Social life and customs.
Fishers--Shama--Shama--Social life and customs.
Water spirits--Shama.--Shama.
Guinea, Gulf of.
Documentary films.
Ethnographic films.
Nonfiction films.
Motion pictures--France.
Other Authors:
Rouch, Jean. cng drt cng
Braunberger, Pierre, 1905-1990 pro
Films de la Pléiade (Firm)
France. Ministère de la culture.
Centre national de la cinématographie (France). Service des archives du film.
Icarus Films.
Notes:
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1953-54 and released in 1956.
Summary:
A portrait of a fishing village, Shama, Ghana, on the Gulf of Guinea, as filmed in 1953 and 1954. The success of the fishermen is governed by water spirits ("Mammy water") which are honored with ceremonies and offerings to the sea.
Series:
Six films by Jean Rouch
OCLC:
(OCoLC)825067504
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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