Mammy Water

Mammy Water (1953)

TMDb

5.8

01/01/1953 • 0h 19m
original-title

Mammy Water

status

Released

production-companies

Les Films de la Pléiade

original-language

French

budget

-

revenue

-

"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.

director
production-countries

France

spoken-languages

French

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