Les Fils de l'eau (1959)
- Directed by
- Jean Rouch
- Genre
- documentary
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Rating
- 9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This documentary strings together black-and-white excerpts from five earlier color films by Jean Rouch. It shows village life and rituals in West Africa.
observationalearthyintrospectivecontemplativerhythmicgroundedaustereblack-and-white
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