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Tourou et Bitti: Les tambours d'avant (1971)
"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.
Updated Jun 2 2020
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Crew
Jean Rouch
Writer
Jean Rouch
Cinematography
Philippe Luzuy
Sound Editor
Lam Dia-Hama
Assistant Director
Moussa' Hamidou
Sound Recordist
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