Directing
Germaine Dieterlen
1903 · Paris, France, EU
11 films
Bio
Germaine Dieterlen was a French anthropologist. She was a student of Marcel Mauss, worked with noted French anthropologists Marcel Griaule (1898-1956) and Jean Rouch, wrote on a large range of ethnographic topics and made pioneering contributions to the study of myths, initiations, techniques (particularly "descriptive ethnography"), graphic systems, objects, classifications, ritual and social structure.
Filmography
Sigui 1967: L'enclume de Yougo
Director
The Dreamed Films
Self
Funeral at Bongo: The Death of Old Anai
Director
Hommage à Marcel Mauss. Germaine Dieterlen
herself
Germaine chez elle
herself
Sigui Synthesis: The Invention of Speech and Death
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Germaine et ses copains
herself
Sigui 1970: The Clamours of Amani
Director
The Burial of the Hogon
Director
Sigui 1972: The Loincloths of Yamé
Director
Dogon Drums, Elements of a Study in Rhythm
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