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Sorcerers of Zaire [videorecording].

Published
Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 1996.
Copyright Date
©1993
Physical Description
1 videocassette (51 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Additional Creators
Dodds, J. Scott and Films for the Humanities (Firm)

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Summary
Explores the life of the rural Chokwe tribe of southwestern Zaire, where hardship and starvation are a way of life. To assure that their modest food supply is distributed fairly, the Chokwe use a complex system of reprisals in which sorcerers are hired to resurrect ancestral ghosts to haunt those who hoard goods, causing them sickness and death. Focuses on four patients and two healers, following them through their traditional medical treatments. Also shows the rigorous initiation ritual in which masked dancers help prepare boys for manhood.
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Note
"FFH 6136."
Creation/Production Credits Note
Writer and photographer, J. Scott Dodds ; editor, David D. Ohl ; narrator, Harold Cannon ; music, Alyce Sundquist.
Technical Details
VHS.
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