Cimetières dans la falaise (1951)
- Directed by
- Jean Rouch
- Genre
- documentary
- Country
- France, Mali
- Runtime
- 18 min
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 4 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This documentary records Dogon burial practices in a cliffside village in Mali. It shows the rituals and community actions surrounding death in that culture.
observationalsolemnethnographicmeditativeslow-pacedceremonialreverentquietmatter-of-fact
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