Herzog profiles a proud African people

Document author(s):

Kevin Thomas

Document source:

Los Angeles Times

Document language:

English

Document type:

review

Number of pages:

1

Document contains:

box info, distribution co, and filmography

Related films:

Wodaabe - die hirten der sonne. Nomaden am Südrand (Herdsmen of the sun) — Herzog, Werner — France; Germany — 1989

Film country(ies):

France and Germany

Film language(s):

French, Fulah, and German

Film production company:

Antenne 2, Arion Productions, Canal Plus, Films Ariane, and Werner Herzog Filmproduktion

Film genre(s):

Adaptation, Documentary, Ethnographic, and Feature

Film subject(s):

Body painting -- Niger
Bororo (African people) -- Rites and ceremonies
Bororo (African people) -- Social life and customs
Courtship -- Niger
Ethnology -- Africa
Ethnology -- Niger
Herviant, Claude. Chroniques nomades -- Film and video adaptations
Nomads -- Niger

Images:

PDFs:

view full size in new window

Tools

Notice: warning concerning copyright restrictions

The copyright law of the United States (title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material.

Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specific conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be “used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research.” If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of “fair use,” that user may be liable for copyright infringement.

This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law.