Au pays des mages noirs (In the Land of the Black Magi) (1947)

Directed by J. Rouch, Jean Sauvy, Pierre Ponty

Captured during an early expedition along the Niger river, the film depicts a hippopotamus hunt by Sorko fishermen on the island of Ayorou, Rouch’s first film on this subject.

35mm, b/w, 13 min.