Movie
Mammy Water
1953 · Documentary · 19m 5.7
"Mammy Water" is mother sea, source of food. Jean Rouch filmed this short documentary in the Gulf of Guinea, in Ghana, where is held a colorful festival, the Chama, in which the participants offer cassava, gin and tobacco to the spirits of water and sacrifice a white ox to thank them and express their gratitude and respect.
- Director
- Jean Rouch
- Writer
- Jean Rouch
- Producer
- Jean Rouch