Mammy water

Mammy water / Ministère de la culture, Les archives du film du Centre national de la cinématographie présentent ; Pierre Braunberger présente ; un film de Jean Rouch ; Films de la Pléiade.

A portrait of a fishing village, Shama, Ghana, on the Gulf of Guinea, as filmed in 1953 and 1954. The success of the fishermen is governed by water spirits ("Mammy water") which are honored with ceremonies and offerings to the sea.

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Corporate Authors: Films de la Pléiade (Firm), France. Ministère de la culture, Centre national de la cinématographie (France). Service des archives du film, Icarus Films
Other Authors: Rouch, Jean (Director), Braunberger, Pierre, 1905-1990 (Producer)
Format: Video
Language:French
English
Published: [Brooklyn, N.Y.] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2014]
Subjects:
Fishers > Ghana > Shama > Social life and customs.
Water spirits > Ghana > Shama.
Fishers > Social life and customs.
Manners and customs.
Water spirits.
Shama (Ghana) > Social life and customs.
Guinea, Gulf of.
Atlantic Ocean > Gulf of Guinea.
Ghana > Shama.
Documentary films.
Ethnographic films.
Short films.
Documentaires.
Films ethnographiques.
Courts métrages.
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