Movie Details
Original Language:French
Production Companies:Les Films de la Pléiade
Mammy Water
Audience Score
DirectorJean Rouch
WriterJean Rouch
Watch on OVID19 minDocumentary
Plot
"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.
