Jean Rouch takes you to sacred cliffs where creation itself was painted.
Germaine Dierterlen talks about Dogon mythology at a conference on the Bandiagara cliffs. The Songo canopy is a sacred site in Bandiagara. Its walls are covered with paintings depicting the different phases of creation. A little further on, in a cave near the village of Bongo, symposium participants are discussing the Tellem, the people who lived in the houses built into the cliffs before the arrival of the Dogon. The archaeological remains and migratory movements of these two peoples are discussed.
Direction
Rouch's participatory cinema blurs observer and observed.
Cinematography
Bandiagara cliffs look like another planet entirely.
Director
Jean Rouch
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
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