Drums from the Past
1971 · 12 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 88 VOTES · DIR. Jean Rouch
Overview
""Tourou et Bitti"", an eight minute documentary concerning a ritual in Niger, is yet another example of Rouch's excellence in creating documentaries which surpass the conventional documentary format. Just as frightening and fascinating as ""Les maîtres fous"", this one goes straight into the roots of ancient African cultures, in which music has an hypnotic effect, being at the same time an exorcism and a public show. Both the female and the male dancers are almost deities about to be unleashed... Spectral and humanitarian.
Dialogue Timeline — 80 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:04 after 3 years of misery...
00:00:18 On March 15, Daouda Sorko...
00:00:32 In the late afternoon, no dancer was possessed, and we decided...
00:00:48 the drums that in a little time, would be quiet forever.
00:01:09 being at the same time, present and invisible...
00:01:23 We passed an encirclement of sheep and ritual goats...
00:01:42 In the midst of the land, in front of the orchestra...
00:02:11 and approached the orchestra of Tourou and Bitti.
00:02:35 huge drums made of sheepskin.
00:02:57 to ritualistic music directly into the ears of the gods.
00:03:31 A Tourou player blows her nose.
00:03:51 and Koure. Koure, the hyena, the spirit of Haousa.
00:05:23 "Meat, meat. Koure, the output is not for you."
00:05:43 "I want to leave," says Koure, walking toward the orchestra.
00:06:54 his power stronger than that of the marabouts."
00:07:17 She screams...
00:07:31 as mother, father, grandmothers and grandfathers dance.
00:07:57 and puts a "pagne" around her waist.
00:08:34 Father sorcerer, grandfather sorcerer.
00:08:51 to see what they saw (???) school children.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed80
Dialogue density6.7 lines / min
First line00:00:04
Final line00:08:51
Production Record
DirectorJean Rouch
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes88