Dogon Drums, Elements of a Study in Rhythm (movie)
Batteries Dogon, éléments pour une étude des rythmes- Production country: France, Mali
- Producer: Jean Rouch , Gilbert Rouget , Germaine Dieterlen
- Production companies: CNRS Images, Laboratoire audiovisuel Ecole pratique des hautes études en sciences sociales, Comité du film Éthnographique
- Genre: Documentary
- Release date: 1/1/1966
- Run time: 26 min.
Movie description
The young goat herders from the cliff of Bandiagara practice on the stone drums of their ancestors. An ethnomusicological film experiment describing the subtle plays of the right and left hand of Dogon drummers.