Angano...Angano...
(Tales from Madagascar)  Angano...Angano...
pioneers a new approach to ethnographic filmmaking, at once scrupulously
non-interpretative yet deeply evocative. The central character in Angano...Angano...
is the oral tradition itself which passes down the wisdom of the ancestors,
the "ear's inheritance," through myths and folktales. Venerable storytellers
recount for the camera and their listeners the founding myths of Malagasy
culture. The filmmakers do not dramatize these tales; rather they document
story-telling itself by placing it in its social and geographical context.
The tales flow into and out of stunning shots of the daily Malagasy life
which gave them life and which they in turn explain. People, Folklore and Myth African Documentary |
"'Tales...Tales...'
says the opening interviewee, and our ears perk up. This film offers
plenty of good stories...Absorbing and highly recommended." "A splendid
film...Images of fantasy and reality are evoked by the words of personable
storytellers." Producer: Marie-Clemence
Blanc-Paes Video
Purchase: $195
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