From the Maroon village of Malobi in Suriname, South America, this single-take film offers a strikingly contemporary take on a Jean Rouch classic. It’s Halloween at the Equator, lightning bolts for the jungle set… (BR)
Also in this combined programme
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Daumë
What does a film look like without a narrative, a character or even just an emotional state to identify with? -
The Black and the White Gods
Live performance with double projection in which Ben Russell revives his anthropological material from Daumë. -
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The Wet Season
In their very own way, Ben Russell and Brigid McCaffrey record the rapidly changing way of life of the local population in the interior of…
Film details
- Countries of production
- Suriname, USA
- Year
- 2009
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2009
- Length
- 12'
- Medium/Format
- 16mm
