The Lion Hunters
La chasse au lion à l'arc
Synopsis
Between 1957 and 1964, hunters from the Yatakala region undertook seven hunting expeditions employing traditional bows and poisoned arrows. The film follows the technical and religious aspects of that hunt, which today has disappeared.
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Critics reviews
The Lion Hunters, which Rouch had been working on for seven years, came out in 1965, and can in the context of the dizzying shifts he was pursuing feel like a form of classicism. It is that, to an extent, but it is also a challenging film, one that both demands and benefits from the viewer’s engagement—the meeting of audience and film strikes a complex set of chords.
Ben Lambert
January 18, 2019
A fascinating account of lion hunting on the border between Niger and Mali.
Jonathan Rosenbaum
November 01, 1990
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