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The Lion Hunters
FRANCE · 1966

The Lion Hunters

Jean Rouch
lion hunting African wildlife ethnographic documentary indigenous hunting practices human-animal conflict
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Synopsis

Etnographic documentary about lion hunting in Africa.

Cinema Atlas Connection
Jean Rouch, for instance, in his films with the Houma people in Niger, The Lion Hunters, Jaguar, he was the only one who really took the camera into a culture and filmed them speaking about themselves. So I was very influenced by him.
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