The Mad Masters

Colonial mimicry turns ritualistic in a trance-filled spectacle. Fans of cultural documentaries and historical epics will be intrigued.

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The Mad Masters

Short Film195528mFrenchDocumentary
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Director: Jean Rouch

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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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The original title of the film is Les maรฎtres fous.

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