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Batouk

Batouk

★ 9.0/10•1968•Documentary

This uneven and uninspired documentary of Africa is a collection from various stock footage. Female dancers in mod clothes dance on the Eiffel Tower in comparison to the primitive dances of native Africans. A lone runner trains for a marathon, and a few animals are shown in their natural habitat. Commentary and modern jazz and pop music help to make this seem much longer than 66 minutes.

Léopold Sédar Senghor · Writer

Carlos Páez Vilaró · Writer

Aimé Césaire · Writer

Jean-Jacques Manigot · Director

StatusReleased
LanguageFR
Release DateJan 31, 1968

Actors

Judith Jamison

Judith Jamison

Self

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