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Rhythm of Africa

1947

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Rhythm of Africa

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Runtime: 17 min

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Release date: 1947-01-01

Director: Jean Cocteau

Director: François Villiers

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Produced and conceived by French filmmakers Jean Cocteau and François Villiers, with a screenplay by Langston Hughes, Rhythm of Africa takes a look at the special ceremonial dance of atonement in Chad. The heartbeat of the jungle, the day-to-day life in the modernizing village, and the bustling marketplace take on a hypnotizing rhythm of their own. A changing Africa asserts itself in a changing world.

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