The Mad Masters
1955 / 36m
Documentary
Horror
Short
The Mad Masters
1955 / 36m
Documentary
Horror
Short
Director:
Jean Rouch
Country:
FR
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Release Date:
1973-06-17
Storyline:
The subject of the film was the Hauka movement. The Hauka movement consisted of mimicry and dancing to become possessed by French Colonial administrators. The participants performed the same elaborate military ceremonies of their colonial occupiers, but in more of a trance than true recreation.