Movie Details
Original Language:French
Production Companies:CNRS Images, Laboratoire audiovisuel Ecole pratique des hautes études en sciences sociales, Comité du film Éthnographique
Dogon Drums, Elements of a Study in Rhythm
26 minDocumentary
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.