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African Carving: a Dogon Kanaga Mask (Motion Picture : 20 min. ) [1975]
MP-16MM 342
Abstract: Examines the ceremonies and rituals surrounding the Kanaga mask. Shows the ritual of carving the mask and presents parts of the ceremony in which the mask is used to release the spirit of a dead man.
Director: Eliot Elisofon and Thomas Blakely Distributor:Phoenix/BFA Films and Video
Keywords: Mali, Dogon, masking, art, ritual
Angel Returns: Changing the Tradition of Female Circumcision (The) (Videocassette : 50 min. ) [2002]
VHS 9170/ DVD 8084
Abstract: This colorfully photographed film is set in Somalia, where the tradition of female circumcision is firmly entrenched. Isnino Ahmed Musso, a determined and articulate woman, wants change. More than most other films on this subject, this documentary shows clearly what problems a reformer faces. Circumcision is a tradition of family honor, a marketable commodity for dowries, a religious rite, a means to control women's sexuality, and what is often not expressed, a livelihood for the many women who perform this ritual. Circumcisers are viewed with respect and paid for their services. They lobby fiercely against its abolition. Isnino uses all methods at her disposal to change the mindset of her people, including radio debates, which is an effective way to reach an illiterate population. But often, after meeting with religious leaders and elders in villages, she realizes that her best hope is to encourage a transition from a full Pharaonic circumcision to the lesser Sunna-type, consisting of just a few small cuts. In Somali with English subtitles. Also available in DVD format (DVD 8084).
Director: Jacqueline Bakker Distributor:Filmakers Library, NY
Keywords: Somalia, female circumcision, initiation rites, religion, clitoridectomy, ceremonies, media, social change, women, gender
Angel Returns: Changing the Tradition of Female Circumcision, The (DVD : 50 min. ) [2002]
DVD 8084/ VHS 9170
Abstract: This colorfully photographed film is set in Somalia, where the tradition of female circumcision is firmly entrenched. Isnino Ahmed Musso, a determined and articulate woman, wants change. More than most other films on this subject, this shows clearly what problems a reformer faces. Circumcision is a tradition of family honor, a marketable commodity for dowries, a religious rite, a means to control women's sexuality, and what is often not expressed, a livelihood for the many women who perform this ritual. Circumcisers are viewed with respect and paid for their services. They lobby fiercely against its abolition. Isnino uses all methods at her disposal to change the mindset of her people, including radio debates, which is an effective way to reach an illiterate population. But often, after meeting with religious leaders and elders in villages, she realizes that her best hope is to encourage a transition from a full Pharaonic circumcision to the lesser Sunna-type of just a few small cuts. Also available in videocassette format (VHS 9170).
Director: Jacqueline Bakker Distributor:Filmmakers Library
Keywords: Somalia, female circumcision, initiation rites, religion, clitoridectomy, ceremonies, media, social change, women, gender
Cutting Edge (The) (Videocassette : 10 min. ) [1996]
V. CASS. VHS 3804
Abstract: Documentary film, shot in the Kapchorway region of Uganda, looks at the success story of the REACH project in northern Uganda which replaces the dangerous practice of female genital mutilation with ceremonies for the exchange of cattle and gifts to welcome young girls into the adult community. Producer/director: Charlotte Metcalf. [See also Welcome to Womanhood, a follow up to this film].
Director: Charlotte Metcalf Distributor:Bullfrog Films
Keywords: Uganda, women, social conditions, initiation rites, development projects, female circumcision
Efe: Gelede Ceremonies among the Western Yoruba (Videocassette : 27 min. ) [1992]
V. CASS. VHS 1850
Abstract: Documents several aspects of annual Gelede ceremonies including preparations, sacrificial ceremony, Efe night performance, and afternoon Gelede masked dances. Producer: Henry John Drewal.
Director: NA Distributor:University of Wisconsin, Department of Art History
Keywords: Nigeria, Yoruba, Gelede, Efe, masking, ritual, performance
Great Tree has Fallen (A) (Videocassette : 23 min. ) [1973]
V. CASS. VHS 3637
Abstract: Shows thousands of people arriving in Kumasi in order to pay their respects to Prempeh II, King of Ashanti in Ghana, during his eight-day funeral in 1970. Producer/director: Robert Lang. Narrated by Roy Sieber.
Director: Robert Lang Distributor:Pennsylvania State University, Audio-Visual Services
Keywords: Ghana, Asante, Akan, funeral, ceremonies, performance
Hamar Trilogy (Videocassette : 3 V. min. ) [1994]
See Individual Titles
Abstract: Three films by Chris Curling focusing on the Hamar of Southwestern Ethiopia: The Women Who Smile' [1990], Two Girls go Hunting [1991], and Our Way of Loving [1994]. See individual titles. (3 videocassettes)
Director: Chris Curling Distributor:Filmakers Library
Keywords: Ethiopia, Hamar, women, marriage, rites and ceremonies
In the Name of Allah (Motion Picture : 73 min. ) [1971]
MP-16MM 198
Abstract: Examines the culture, history, and scriptures of the Islam religion by viewing all aspects of life in the Muslim community of Fez, Morocco. Shows the events of circumcision, bargaining for a wife, confirmation, and marriage and describes the ceremonies and rituals that surround each event. (motion picture: 3 reels, 76 min.)
Director: NA Distributor:Indiana University, Bloomington. Audio-Visual Center
Keywords: Morocco, Fez, Islam, marriage, ritual
Maasai and Agents of Change (The) (Videocassette : 32 min. ) [2001]
V. CASS. VHS 6294
Abstract: A rare opportunity to see life among the Maasai as filmed by one of their own warriors. The filmmaker and narrator is a Maasai who is studying at a United States college. He returned to Kenya to film the lifestyles and colorful ceremonies of his people before their culture becomes extinct. We learn that the traditional pastoral and nomadic life is under attack by outside forces who want to impose a money economy and privatize the land.
Director: Kakuta Ole Maimai Hamisi Distributor:Filmakers Library
Keywords: Kenya, Maasai, pastoralism
Make Believe (Videocassette : 26 min. ) [1993]
VHS 9200
Abstract: In August 1993, Ordinary People (a South African television series) visited the town of Schweizer-Reineke and its neighboring township, Ipelegeng, to observe two contrasting but simultaneous ceremonies - one held for the African National Congress, the other for the Afrikaner Resistance Movement (AWB). When the conservative white town council decided to give the 'freedom of the city' to Eugene Terre Blanche and the Wenkommando, the AWB's paramilitary group, the neighboring black township chose to honor Joe Modise, commander of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the ANC's armed wing. As these two diametrically opposed events are witnessed through the eyes of three of the town's children, Make Believe reveals, through their hopes and their misgivings, the future of a country where children grow up entrenched in hatred and fear. Adri supports the AWB in what she sees as a God-ordained quest against communism. Kenny, a member of the ANC's Young Pioneers, hates AWB leader Eugene Terre Blanche, but is prepared to talk to his children about a non-racial future. Niels is not taking sides, but believes that God's will will prevail. Amidst the sharply contrasting festivities, the children demonstrate their innocence as they grapple with long standing prejudices and hatreds that they do not fully comprehend. As they speak, it becomes evident that the attitudes which children like them will develop toward each other may determine South Africa's future.
Director: Clifford Bestall Distributor:First Run/Icarus Film
Keywords: South Africa, Afrikaner Resistance Movement, apartheid, African National Congress, children, politics, race relations
Man, God and Africa (DVD : 51 min. ) [1993]
DVD 8037
Abstract: While the media has focused on the violent history of South Africa, it has paid little attention to a social phenomenon of great importance. Some nine-million South African blacks live with a strong commitment to their religion, Pentecostal Christianity. Their faith has enabled them to survive appalling hardship and deprivation. Their religion is a blend of deep-rooted African traditions and the imported values of Christianity. This commitment could be a stabilizing force in the new South Africa. This film captures the joyous singing and rhythmic movement that is common to the various black churches. It shows the African influence on funerals, baptisms, and weddings. Through these ceremonies the churches foster a sense of community and pride at being black South African. Adherents cut across all social classes. One sees an educated civil rights lawyer practice centuries-old healing practices. We hear from representatives of the traditional Church hierarchy, such as Archbishop Tutu and Alan Boesack, who have a profound respect for the adaptation of Christianity to the African culture.
Director: Don Boyd Distributor:Filmakers Library
Keywords: South Africa, religion, Pentecostal churches, ceremony
Maîtres fous (Les) (Videocassette : 29 min. ) [1955]
V.CASS. VHS 2566
Abstract: Describes the Haouka, members of a religious cult living in Accra, Ghana. Shows them living and working in Europeanized Accra and participating in a spirit possession ceremony. Documents the annual religious ceremony of the Hauku cult which was widespread in Niger and Ghana from the 1920's to the 1950's. Ceremony took place on a rural farm, where the Haukas entered into trance, and were possessed with the spirits, associated with their former Western colonial powers. Supplicants consult the gods through trance, and may receive advice about their problems and illnesses. They may also find support and comfort although they can also be reprimanded for wrongdoings. Hauka first began in the person of a soldier who witnessed the decimating of their West African troops by the Germans, despite their outstanding performance in battle. The Hauka was suppressed by the French and British, subsequent administrators of Niger. After protestations against this suppression the agreement was reached that they should limit their ceremonies to prescribed places. Today the Hauka movement has been absorbed into the traditional religious systems and there is now an end to the Hauka development.
Director: Jean Rouch Distributor:Interama Video Classics
Keywords: Niger, Ghana, Hauka movement, Zabrama, colonialism, spirit possession, ritual
Mbira dza Vadzimu: Urban and Rural Ceremonies (Videocassette : 45 min. ) [1978]
V. CASS. VHS 2952
Abstract: Filmed in Zimbabwe, shows the use of mbira by Hakurotwi Mude and his group in a Zezuru ancestor-cult ritual and a burial ceremony. Ethnomusicology Collection.
Director: NA Distributor:Pennsylvania State University. Audio-Visual Services
Keywords: Zimbabwe, mbira, Zezuru, music, dance, performance, spirit possession, ritual
Ndebele Women and the Rituals of Rebellion (Videocassette : 60 min. ) [1995]
V. CASS. VHS 3320
Abstract: Ndebele men's and women's initiation rites and performance art are explored. Includes discussion of house structure and women's house painting.
Director: Peter Rich Distributor:Filmakers Library
Keywords: South Africa, Ndebele, women, rites and ceremonies, art
Our Way of Loving (Videocassette : 50 min. ) [1994]
V. CASS. VHS 3281
Abstract: The third program in a trilogy focusing on the Hamar, an isolated people of Southwestern Ethiopia. This film shows Duka, now a mother with two young children. Her life is dominated by caring for them and her husband, Sago. Although Sago and Duka seem to have an affectionate marriage, he beats her when provoked. She accepts this behavior for she believes it is a man's way of loving. Film also shows the ceremony of Sago's cousin's initiation into manhood. Producer: Chris Curling. (Part of the Hamar Trilogy. Other titles include: The Women Who Smile and Two Girls Go Hunting.)
Director: NA Distributor:Filmakers Library
Keywords: Ethiopia, Hamar, women, social conditions, family, marriage, gender, rites and ceremonies
Spite: An African Prophet-Healer (DVD : 54 min. ) [1984]
DVD 8394
Abstract: People from all over the Ivory Coast seek out prophet-healers for treatment of their medical and emotional problems. Some of these ailments may be caused by the stress of cultural change. Often Western medicine cannot cure them. This stunningly photographed film focuses on Sebim Odjo, who draws upon Moslem, Christian and traditional African beliefs in his healing ceremonies. He moderates disputes, tracks down the source of illness, and uses his powers to heal. We see a water cure used on a patient ill with spite.
Director: J.P. Colleyn and Catherine De Clippel Distributor:Filmakers Library
Keywords: Cote D'Ivoire, medicine, religion, health
Tree of Our Forefathers, The (DVD : 53 min. ) [1994]
DVD 9405
Abstract: Follows a refugee family who has spent 10 years living in a refugee camp in Malawi as they make the return journey to their homeland in the Tete Province of Mozambique where they at last can pay proper respects to their dead under the village tree. During the 15-year civil war in Mozambique, one and a half million people fled to seek refuge in neighboring countries. There was no time for ceremonial leave-taking, no time to pay the proper respects to the dead. But in 1993, with the war finally over, the refugees began to return home. Licinio Azevedo's moving documentary is the story of one family's long journey back to seek the forefathers' atonement under the village tree. The film follows Alexandre Ferrao and his extended family as they toil home across a land emptied of people and littered with the twisted scrapmetal of warfare. At night, around the camp fire, the family recounts their experiences of the years in exile and their fears for what they might find when they finally reach home.
Director: Licinio Azevedo Distributor:Bull Frog Films
Keywords: Mozambique, refugees, emigration, immigration, funeral rites, ceremonies, civil war
Two Girls Go Hunting (Videocassette : 50 min. ) [1991]
V. CASS. VHS 3282
Abstract: The second program in a trilogy focusing on the Hamar, an isolated people of Southwestern Ethiopia. This film shows Duka and her friend, Gardi, as they prepare to marry men they have never met. The film follows the build-up to the marriages, from the all night vigil with girlfriends, to farewells when the brides are taken away at dawn to the village of their husband's family, the arrival in the villages and the preparation of the prospective brides for the ceremony by the mother-in-law. Part of the Hamar Trilogy. Other titles include: The Women Who Smile and Our Way of Loving.
Director: Chris Curling Distributor:Filmakers Library
Keywords: Ethiopia, Hamar, women, social conditions, marriage, gender, rites and ceremonies
Welcome to Womanhood (Videocassette : 14 min. ) [1998]
V.CASS. VHS 8935
Abstract: In a follow-up to the 1996 documentary The Cutting Edge, BBC-TV correspondent Donu Kogbara returns to the Kapchorwe region of Uganda to look at the success and failure of the REACH project in northern Uganda which tried to replace the dangerous practice of female genital mutilation with ceremonies for the exchange of cattle and gifts to welcome young girls into the adult community. [See also The Cutting Edge].
Director: Charlotte Metcalf Distributor:Bullfrog Films
Keywords: Uganda, women, female genital surgeries, ritual
Women Who Smile (The) (Videocassette : 50 min. ) [1990]
V. CASS. VHS 3283
Abstract: The first program in a trilogy focusing on the Hamar, an isolated people of Southwestern Ethiopia. In this film Duka, a young unmarried Hamar girl learns what awaits her in life from the older women of her tribe. Their often humorous conversations range from pregnancy and growing old to relationships with men. Although the men are dominant, the women are not servile. Shows harvest celebrations and the blessing ceremony for a new baby. Part of the Hamar Trilogy. Other titles include: Two Girls Go Hunting and Our Way of Loving. Producer: Chris Curling.
Director: NA Distributor:Filmakers Library
Keywords: Ethiopia, Hamar, women, marriage, social conditions, gender, rites and ceremonies
Yaaba Soore: the Path of the Ancestors/ Dance of the Spirits: Mask Styles and Performances in the Upper Volta (Videocassette : 45 min. ) [1988]
V. CASS. VHS 6634
Abstract: These two documentaries discuss the types and styles of masks used in the religious ceremonies and dance performances of various peoples of Burkina Faso.
Director: NA Distributor:NA
Keywords: Burkina Faso, masks, religion, ritual, art, performance
Yoruba Ritual (Videocassette : 30 min. ) [1992]
V. CASS. VHS 1771
Abstract: Depicts rites and ceremonies of the Yoruba African people. Companion video to book by Margaret Thompson Drewal.
Director: NA Distributor:NA
Keywords: Nigeria, Yoruba, ritual, performance
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African Carving: a Dogon Kanaga Mask (Motion Picture : 20 min. ) [1975]
MP-16MM 342
Abstract: Examines the ceremonies and rituals surrounding the Kanaga mask. Shows the ritual of carving the mask and presents parts of the ceremony in which the mask is used to release the spirit of a dead man.
Director: Eliot Elisofon and Thomas Blakely Distributor:Phoenix/BFA Films and Video
Keywords: Mali, Dogon, masking, art, ritual
Angel Returns: Changing the Tradition of Female Circumcision (The) (Videocassette : 50 min. ) [2002]
VHS 9170/ DVD 8084
Abstract: This colorfully photographed film is set in Somalia, where the tradition of female circumcision is firmly entrenched. Isnino Ahmed Musso, a determined and articulate woman, wants change. More than most other films on this subject, this documentary shows clearly what problems a reformer faces. Circumcision is a tradition of family honor, a marketable commodity for dowries, a religious rite, a means to control women's sexuality, and what is often not expressed, a livelihood for the many women who perform this ritual. Circumcisers are viewed with respect and paid for their services. They lobby fiercely against its abolition. Isnino uses all methods at her disposal to change the mindset of her people, including radio debates, which is an effective way to reach an illiterate population. But often, after meeting with religious leaders and elders in villages, she realizes that her best hope is to encourage a transition from a full Pharaonic circumcision to the lesser Sunna-type, consisting of just a few small cuts. In Somali with English subtitles. Also available in DVD format (DVD 8084).
Director: Jacqueline Bakker Distributor:Filmakers Library, NY
Keywords: Somalia, female circumcision, initiation rites, religion, clitoridectomy, ceremonies, media, social change, women, gender
Angel Returns: Changing the Tradition of Female Circumcision, The (DVD : 50 min. ) [2002]
DVD 8084/ VHS 9170
Abstract: This colorfully photographed film is set in Somalia, where the tradition of female circumcision is firmly entrenched. Isnino Ahmed Musso, a determined and articulate woman, wants change. More than most other films on this subject, this shows clearly what problems a reformer faces. Circumcision is a tradition of family honor, a marketable commodity for dowries, a religious rite, a means to control women's sexuality, and what is often not expressed, a livelihood for the many women who perform this ritual. Circumcisers are viewed with respect and paid for their services. They lobby fiercely against its abolition. Isnino uses all methods at her disposal to change the mindset of her people, including radio debates, which is an effective way to reach an illiterate population. But often, after meeting with religious leaders and elders in villages, she realizes that her best hope is to encourage a transition from a full Pharaonic circumcision to the lesser Sunna-type of just a few small cuts. Also available in videocassette format (VHS 9170).
Director: Jacqueline Bakker Distributor:Filmmakers Library
Keywords: Somalia, female circumcision, initiation rites, religion, clitoridectomy, ceremonies, media, social change, women, gender
Cutting Edge (The) (Videocassette : 10 min. ) [1996]
V. CASS. VHS 3804
Abstract: Documentary film, shot in the Kapchorway region of Uganda, looks at the success story of the REACH project in northern Uganda which replaces the dangerous practice of female genital mutilation with ceremonies for the exchange of cattle and gifts to welcome young girls into the adult community. Producer/director: Charlotte Metcalf. [See also Welcome to Womanhood, a follow up to this film].
Director: Charlotte Metcalf Distributor:Bullfrog Films
Keywords: Uganda, women, social conditions, initiation rites, development projects, female circumcision
Efe: Gelede Ceremonies among the Western Yoruba (Videocassette : 27 min. ) [1992]
V. CASS. VHS 1850
Abstract: Documents several aspects of annual Gelede ceremonies including preparations, sacrificial ceremony, Efe night performance, and afternoon Gelede masked dances. Producer: Henry John Drewal.
Director: NA Distributor:University of Wisconsin, Department of Art History
Keywords: Nigeria, Yoruba, Gelede, Efe, masking, ritual, performance
Great Tree has Fallen (A) (Videocassette : 23 min. ) [1973]
V. CASS. VHS 3637
Abstract: Shows thousands of people arriving in Kumasi in order to pay their respects to Prempeh II, King of Ashanti in Ghana, during his eight-day funeral in 1970. Producer/director: Robert Lang. Narrated by Roy Sieber.
Director: Robert Lang Distributor:Pennsylvania State University, Audio-Visual Services
Keywords: Ghana, Asante, Akan, funeral, ceremonies, performance
Hamar Trilogy (Videocassette : 3 V. min. ) [1994]
See Individual Titles
Abstract: Three films by Chris Curling focusing on the Hamar of Southwestern Ethiopia: The Women Who Smile' [1990], Two Girls go Hunting [1991], and Our Way of Loving [1994]. See individual titles. (3 videocassettes)
Director: Chris Curling Distributor:Filmakers Library
Keywords: Ethiopia, Hamar, women, marriage, rites and ceremonies
In the Name of Allah (Motion Picture : 73 min. ) [1971]
MP-16MM 198
Abstract: Examines the culture, history, and scriptures of the Islam religion by viewing all aspects of life in the Muslim community of Fez, Morocco. Shows the events of circumcision, bargaining for a wife, confirmation, and marriage and describes the ceremonies and rituals that surround each event. (motion picture: 3 reels, 76 min.)
Director: NA Distributor:Indiana University, Bloomington. Audio-Visual Center
Keywords: Morocco, Fez, Islam, marriage, ritual
Maasai and Agents of Change (The) (Videocassette : 32 min. ) [2001]
V. CASS. VHS 6294
Abstract: A rare opportunity to see life among the Maasai as filmed by one of their own warriors. The filmmaker and narrator is a Maasai who is studying at a United States college. He returned to Kenya to film the lifestyles and colorful ceremonies of his people before their culture becomes extinct. We learn that the traditional pastoral and nomadic life is under attack by outside forces who want to impose a money economy and privatize the land.
Director: Kakuta Ole Maimai Hamisi Distributor:Filmakers Library
Keywords: Kenya, Maasai, pastoralism
Make Believe (Videocassette : 26 min. ) [1993]
VHS 9200
Abstract: In August 1993, Ordinary People (a South African television series) visited the town of Schweizer-Reineke and its neighboring township, Ipelegeng, to observe two contrasting but simultaneous ceremonies - one held for the African National Congress, the other for the Afrikaner Resistance Movement (AWB). When the conservative white town council decided to give the 'freedom of the city' to Eugene Terre Blanche and the Wenkommando, the AWB's paramilitary group, the neighboring black township chose to honor Joe Modise, commander of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the ANC's armed wing. As these two diametrically opposed events are witnessed through the eyes of three of the town's children, Make Believe reveals, through their hopes and their misgivings, the future of a country where children grow up entrenched in hatred and fear. Adri supports the AWB in what she sees as a God-ordained quest against communism. Kenny, a member of the ANC's Young Pioneers, hates AWB leader Eugene Terre Blanche, but is prepared to talk to his children about a non-racial future. Niels is not taking sides, but believes that God's will will prevail. Amidst the sharply contrasting festivities, the children demonstrate their innocence as they grapple with long standing prejudices and hatreds that they do not fully comprehend. As they speak, it becomes evident that the attitudes which children like them will develop toward each other may determine South Africa's future.
Director: Clifford Bestall Distributor:First Run/Icarus Film
Keywords: South Africa, Afrikaner Resistance Movement, apartheid, African National Congress, children, politics, race relations
Man, God and Africa (DVD : 51 min. ) [1993]
DVD 8037
Abstract: While the media has focused on the violent history of South Africa, it has paid little attention to a social phenomenon of great importance. Some nine-million South African blacks live with a strong commitment to their religion, Pentecostal Christianity. Their faith has enabled them to survive appalling hardship and deprivation. Their religion is a blend of deep-rooted African traditions and the imported values of Christianity. This commitment could be a stabilizing force in the new South Africa. This film captures the joyous singing and rhythmic movement that is common to the various black churches. It shows the African influence on funerals, baptisms, and weddings. Through these ceremonies the churches foster a sense of community and pride at being black South African. Adherents cut across all social classes. One sees an educated civil rights lawyer practice centuries-old healing practices. We hear from representatives of the traditional Church hierarchy, such as Archbishop Tutu and Alan Boesack, who have a profound respect for the adaptation of Christianity to the African culture.
Director: Don Boyd Distributor:Filmakers Library
Keywords: South Africa, religion, Pentecostal churches, ceremony
Maîtres fous (Les) (Videocassette : 29 min. ) [1955]
V.CASS. VHS 2566
Abstract: Describes the Haouka, members of a religious cult living in Accra, Ghana. Shows them living and working in Europeanized Accra and participating in a spirit possession ceremony. Documents the annual religious ceremony of the Hauku cult which was widespread in Niger and Ghana from the 1920's to the 1950's. Ceremony took place on a rural farm, where the Haukas entered into trance, and were possessed with the spirits, associated with their former Western colonial powers. Supplicants consult the gods through trance, and may receive advice about their problems and illnesses. They may also find support and comfort although they can also be reprimanded for wrongdoings. Hauka first began in the person of a soldier who witnessed the decimating of their West African troops by the Germans, despite their outstanding performance in battle. The Hauka was suppressed by the French and British, subsequent administrators of Niger. After protestations against this suppression the agreement was reached that they should limit their ceremonies to prescribed places. Today the Hauka movement has been absorbed into the traditional religious systems and there is now an end to the Hauka development.
Director: Jean Rouch Distributor:Interama Video Classics
Keywords: Niger, Ghana, Hauka movement, Zabrama, colonialism, spirit possession, ritual
Mbira dza Vadzimu: Urban and Rural Ceremonies (Videocassette : 45 min. ) [1978]
V. CASS. VHS 2952
Abstract: Filmed in Zimbabwe, shows the use of mbira by Hakurotwi Mude and his group in a Zezuru ancestor-cult ritual and a burial ceremony. Ethnomusicology Collection.
Director: NA Distributor:Pennsylvania State University. Audio-Visual Services
Keywords: Zimbabwe, mbira, Zezuru, music, dance, performance, spirit possession, ritual
Ndebele Women and the Rituals of Rebellion (Videocassette : 60 min. ) [1995]
V. CASS. VHS 3320
Abstract: Ndebele men's and women's initiation rites and performance art are explored. Includes discussion of house structure and women's house painting.
Director: Peter Rich Distributor:Filmakers Library
Keywords: South Africa, Ndebele, women, rites and ceremonies, art
Our Way of Loving (Videocassette : 50 min. ) [1994]
V. CASS. VHS 3281
Abstract: The third program in a trilogy focusing on the Hamar, an isolated people of Southwestern Ethiopia. This film shows Duka, now a mother with two young children. Her life is dominated by caring for them and her husband, Sago. Although Sago and Duka seem to have an affectionate marriage, he beats her when provoked. She accepts this behavior for she believes it is a man's way of loving. Film also shows the ceremony of Sago's cousin's initiation into manhood. Producer: Chris Curling. (Part of the Hamar Trilogy. Other titles include: The Women Who Smile and Two Girls Go Hunting.)
Director: NA Distributor:Filmakers Library
Keywords: Ethiopia, Hamar, women, social conditions, family, marriage, gender, rites and ceremonies
Spite: An African Prophet-Healer (DVD : 54 min. ) [1984]
DVD 8394
Abstract: People from all over the Ivory Coast seek out prophet-healers for treatment of their medical and emotional problems. Some of these ailments may be caused by the stress of cultural change. Often Western medicine cannot cure them. This stunningly photographed film focuses on Sebim Odjo, who draws upon Moslem, Christian and traditional African beliefs in his healing ceremonies. He moderates disputes, tracks down the source of illness, and uses his powers to heal. We see a water cure used on a patient ill with spite.
Director: J.P. Colleyn and Catherine De Clippel Distributor:Filmakers Library
Keywords: Cote D'Ivoire, medicine, religion, health
Tree of Our Forefathers, The (DVD : 53 min. ) [1994]
DVD 9405
Abstract: Follows a refugee family who has spent 10 years living in a refugee camp in Malawi as they make the return journey to their homeland in the Tete Province of Mozambique where they at last can pay proper respects to their dead under the village tree. During the 15-year civil war in Mozambique, one and a half million people fled to seek refuge in neighboring countries. There was no time for ceremonial leave-taking, no time to pay the proper respects to the dead. But in 1993, with the war finally over, the refugees began to return home. Licinio Azevedo's moving documentary is the story of one family's long journey back to seek the forefathers' atonement under the village tree. The film follows Alexandre Ferrao and his extended family as they toil home across a land emptied of people and littered with the twisted scrapmetal of warfare. At night, around the camp fire, the family recounts their experiences of the years in exile and their fears for what they might find when they finally reach home.
Director: Licinio Azevedo Distributor:Bull Frog Films
Keywords: Mozambique, refugees, emigration, immigration, funeral rites, ceremonies, civil war
Two Girls Go Hunting (Videocassette : 50 min. ) [1991]
V. CASS. VHS 3282
Abstract: The second program in a trilogy focusing on the Hamar, an isolated people of Southwestern Ethiopia. This film shows Duka and her friend, Gardi, as they prepare to marry men they have never met. The film follows the build-up to the marriages, from the all night vigil with girlfriends, to farewells when the brides are taken away at dawn to the village of their husband's family, the arrival in the villages and the preparation of the prospective brides for the ceremony by the mother-in-law. Part of the Hamar Trilogy. Other titles include: The Women Who Smile and Our Way of Loving.
Director: Chris Curling Distributor:Filmakers Library
Keywords: Ethiopia, Hamar, women, social conditions, marriage, gender, rites and ceremonies
Welcome to Womanhood (Videocassette : 14 min. ) [1998]
V.CASS. VHS 8935
Abstract: In a follow-up to the 1996 documentary The Cutting Edge, BBC-TV correspondent Donu Kogbara returns to the Kapchorwe region of Uganda to look at the success and failure of the REACH project in northern Uganda which tried to replace the dangerous practice of female genital mutilation with ceremonies for the exchange of cattle and gifts to welcome young girls into the adult community. [See also The Cutting Edge].
Director: Charlotte Metcalf Distributor:Bullfrog Films
Keywords: Uganda, women, female genital surgeries, ritual
Women Who Smile (The) (Videocassette : 50 min. ) [1990]
V. CASS. VHS 3283
Abstract: The first program in a trilogy focusing on the Hamar, an isolated people of Southwestern Ethiopia. In this film Duka, a young unmarried Hamar girl learns what awaits her in life from the older women of her tribe. Their often humorous conversations range from pregnancy and growing old to relationships with men. Although the men are dominant, the women are not servile. Shows harvest celebrations and the blessing ceremony for a new baby. Part of the Hamar Trilogy. Other titles include: Two Girls Go Hunting and Our Way of Loving. Producer: Chris Curling.
Director: NA Distributor:Filmakers Library
Keywords: Ethiopia, Hamar, women, marriage, social conditions, gender, rites and ceremonies
Yaaba Soore: the Path of the Ancestors/ Dance of the Spirits: Mask Styles and Performances in the Upper Volta (Videocassette : 45 min. ) [1988]
V. CASS. VHS 6634
Abstract: These two documentaries discuss the types and styles of masks used in the religious ceremonies and dance performances of various peoples of Burkina Faso.
Director: NA Distributor:NA
Keywords: Burkina Faso, masks, religion, ritual, art, performance
Yoruba Ritual (Videocassette : 30 min. ) [1992]
V. CASS. VHS 1771
Abstract: Depicts rites and ceremonies of the Yoruba African people. Companion video to book by Margaret Thompson Drewal.
Director: NA Distributor:NA
Keywords: Nigeria, Yoruba, ritual, performance
September 16, 2008: Geoffrey Nyarota
