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FRANCE · 1947
In the Land of the Black Magi
Jean Rouch
hippopotamus hunting
Niger
Sorko people
ethnographic documentary
traditional practices
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Synopsis
Rouch’s earliest surviving film, which depicts the Sorko of Niger on a hippopotamus hunt. - MoMA
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