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The Mad Masters

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Release Date: August 24, 1955
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 0h 28m
Rating: 6.2/10
Director: Jean Rouch
Cast: Jean Rouch

Storyline

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.