Films » Herding Cattle on the Niger
Alternative Title: Herding Cattle
Series Title: African Village Life
Summary:
Any study of the black African tribes should include a glimpse at the Peul (or Fulani) tribe. These black nomads wander with their cattle from one grazing ground to another. The viewer joins the Peul as they drive their cattle across the Niger — he hears the grunts and snorts of the struggling swimming beasts, the shouts of the willowy, graceful drovers, and the lapping of the water about the boats of the hired rivermen, who carry young calves and pick up stragglers.
(NYPL catalog)
Description:
Edited Film
Country/Location: Mali
Tribe or Group: Peul
Producer: Julien Bryan
Director: Hermann Schlenker
Cinematographer: Hermann Schlenker
Production Company: IFF
Running Time: 7 min.
Years Filmed: 1965
Decade Produced: 1960s
Years Distributed: -1967
Film Gauge: 16mm
Stock: Color Safety
Footage Count: 276'
Sound: Un-narrated, Recorded On Location
Notes: All footage shot for IFF. OCN owned by Hermann Schlenker. IFF does not own OCN- returned to Schlenker after production of internegatives. There are 12 titles in the African Village Life Series.
