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Dogon ceremonies

2 films · 3 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Funeral at Bongo: The Death of Old Anai
Funeral at Bongo: The Death of Old Anai
1979 · Jean Rouch
God in Russia
God in Russia
1984 · Artavazd Pelechian
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Jean Rouch → France

Pioneered ethnographic cinema with extensive documentaries on Dogon rituals and ceremonies in Mali, most notably 'Les Maîtres fous' and his body of work studying Dogon spiritual practices.

Souleymane Cissé → Mali

Malian filmmaker whose works deeply explore West African spirituality and cultural ceremonies, with narratives grounded in the cosmology and ritual traditions of his own region.

Abderrahmane Sissako → Mali

Mauritanian-Malian director whose poetic cinema examines African spiritual life and cultural memory, engaging with themes of ritual and ancestral connection prevalent in Saharan societies.

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