Mammy Water

Name: Mammy Water
Rating: 5.0

Not Rated Documentary

Starring: N/A

Writer: Jean Rouch

Release Date:
January 1, 1953

Ratings:
5.0 / 10

Director:
Jean Rouch

Companies:
Les Films de la Pléiade

Overview

"Mammy Water" is mother sea, source of food. Jean Rouch filmed this short documentary in the Gulf of Guinea, in Ghana, where is held a colorful festival, the Chama, in which the participants offer cassava, gin and tobacco to the spirits of water and sacrifice a white ox to thank them and express their gratitude and respect.

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