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The Mad Masters (1955)
Directed by Jean Rouch
Documentary · 28m
The subject of the film was the Hauka movement. The Hauka movement consisted of mimicry and dancing to become possessed by French Colonial administrators. The participants performed the same elaborate military ceremonies of their colonial occupiers, but in more of a trance than true recreation.
Cast
Jean Rouch
Crew
- Director
- Jean Rouch
- Editor
- Suzanne Baron
Details
- Original title
- Les Maîtres fous
- Release date
- 1955-08-24
- Runtime
- 28m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France, Ghana
- Production
- Les Films de la Pléiade