The Film
Mammy Water
The Story
"Mammy Water" is mother sea, source of food. Jean Rouch filmed this short documentary in the Gulf of Guinea, in Ghana, where is held a colorful festival, the Chama, in which the participants offer cassava, gin and tobacco to the spirits of water and sacrifice a white ox to thank them and express their gratitude and respect.
Runtime
19 min
Released Jan 1953

Directed by
Jean Rouch
Written byJean Rouch




