Dance to the Spirits sketches life in the jungle of Cameroon, the practices of the medicine man Mba Owona Pierre and his enchanted picture of the world. As the jungle shrinks, many medicines are disappearing (even those not yet discovered). The film evokes questions about health, medicine and rationality. It's not the unique locations or the fascinating rituals that make the film transcend the documentary genre, but the secure camera work and beautiful rhythm.
Ricardo Íscar acquired international praise for Tierra negra (2005), which was produced in the context of the Master en Documental de Creació, where Íscar worked as lecturer. As a cameraman, he cooperated on Joaquim Jordà’s Más allá del espejo. He did the camera work for Dance to the Spirts himself. Íscar trained at the Berlin Film and Television Academy.
- Director
- Ricardo Íscar
- Premiere
- World premiere
- Country of production
- Spain
- Year
- 2010
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2010
- Length
- 82'
- Medium
- Betacam Digi PAL
- International title
- Dance to the Spirits
- Language
- French
- Producers
- Dària Esteva, Pere Portabella
- Production Companies
- Unicamente Severo Films, Films59
- Sales
- Motion Pictures
- Screenplay
- Ricardo Íscar, Dària Esteva
- Cinematography
- Ricardo Íscar
- Editor
- Raúl Cuevas, Nuria Esquerra
- Production Design
- Ricardo Íscar
- Sound Design
- Sosthène Fokam Kamga
- Cast
- Mba Owona Pierre