FRANCE · 1977

Makwayela

Jean Rouch
French New Wave migrant labor apartheid post-colonial mozambique ritual performance gold mining
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Synopsis

A group of factory workers in post-independence Mozambique perform a ritual of song describing their work in South African gold mines and decrying the evils of apartheid.

Year1977
CountryFrance
DirectorJean Rouch
Makwayela poster

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