Dogon Drums, Elements of a Study in Rhythm
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Dogon Drums, Elements of a Study in Rhythm

DirectorsGilbert Rouget, Germaine Dieterlen, Jean Rouch

10.0 / 10
1966
26 min
Documentary

The young goat herders from the cliff of Bandiagara practice on the stone drums of their ancestors. An ethnomusicological film experiment describing the subtle plays of the right and left hand of Dogon drummers.

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