Movie Details
Original Language:French
Production Companies:Les Films de la Pléiade
Mammy Water
Audience Score
DirectorJean Rouch
WriterJean Rouch
19 minDocumentary
Plot
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