Mammy Water

Mammy Water(1953)

01/01/1953 (US)Documentary0h 19m
5.0

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.

Jean Rouch

Writer

Jean Rouch

Director