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Dogon Drums, Elements of a Study in Rhythm

  • January 1966
  • 26mins

  • Documentary
  • Directed by

    Gilbert Rouget,

    Germaine Dieterlen,

    Jean Rouch,

    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.