Newest addition to the noted series on life in West Africa is a film on ritual dances. Hermann Schlenker has photographed and recorded the authentic events, not the kind which are staged for tourists. (IFF catalog)
Films » Masked Dances
Masked Dances
Series Title: African Village Life
Summary:
Description:
Edited Film
Country/Location: Mali
Tribe or Group: Dogon
Cinematographer: Hermann Schlenker
Production Company: IFF
Running Time: 6 min.
Years Filmed: 1965
Decade Produced: 1960s (shot), 1970s (edited)
Years Distributed: -1973
Film Gauge: 16mm
Stock: Color Safety
Footage Count: 209'
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. Title indicates more than one dance is in the film, however, the final cut edited out an entire dance so there is in fact only one dance that appears in this film. There are 12 titles in the African Village Life Series.
