The Mad Masters (1955)
28m
Running Time
August 24, 1955Release Date
The Mad Masters (1955)
28m
Running Time
August 24, 1955Release Date
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Plot.
The subject of the film was the Hauka movement. The Hauka movement consisted of mimicry and dancing to become possessed by French Colonial administrators. The participants performed the same elaborate military ceremonies of their colonial occupiers, but in more of a trance than true recreation.
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Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 24, 1955
Original NameLes Maîtres fous
StatusReleased
Running Time28m
Genres
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Wiki.
Les maîtres fous (French: [le mɛːtʁ fu]; "The Mad Masters") is a 1955 short film directed by Jean Rouch, a well-known French film director and ethnologist. It is a docufiction, his first ethnofiction, a genre he is considered to have created.