Mammy Water
MovieTitle | Mammy Water |
User score | 5.8 |
Release date | Jan 1, 1953 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Jean Rouch |
Production country | France |
Production companies | Les Films de la Pléiade |
Run time | 19 min. |
"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.