The Memoirs of Bindute Da
In the village of Vourbira, in the Lobi country, Burkina Faso, people celebrate the second funerals of Bindute Da. Outstanding cultural and historical event, the ceremony is, beside the unchanging rituals, the scene of a collective improvisation, final meeting between past and present. In order to welcome the deceased, each of his nineteen wives prepares sorghobeer in large jars because Bindute Da will be present, along with all his deceased folks. A soothsayer tells us Bindute Da’s last will and we are going to attend to his life, mimen by his own children. Evocation of a great farmer, gallant elephant hunter, strict but considerate father, recollection of a young man’s departure, enlisted in the French army, recollection of a great chief…
Directors
Jacques Lombard
Michéle Fiéloux & Jacques Lombard Both Jacques Lombard and Michele Fieloux are leading figures in contemporary French social anthropology and visual anthropology. Their co-directed The Memoir of Bindute Da was the winner of the first prize of the international festival of ethnographic film (Manchester).
Michèle Fiéloux
Michéle Fiéloux & Jacques Lombard Both Jacques Lombard and Michele Fieloux are leading figures in contemporary French social anthropology and visual anthropology. Their co-directed The Memoir of Bindute Da was the winner of the first prize of the international festival of ethnographic film (Manchester).