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The Mad Masters

61.89% | Aug 24, 1955
Documentary

The subject of the film was the Hauka movement. The Hauka movement consisted of mimicry and dancing to become possessed by French Colonial administrators. The participants performed the same elaborate military ceremonies of their colonial occupiers, but in more of a trance than true recreation.

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Jean Rouch
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Jean Rouch
Director
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Jean Rouch
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Suzanne Baron
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Damouré Zika
Sound Recordist
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Lam Ibrahim Dia
Sound Recordist

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