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In the Land of the Black Magi
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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