Duration : 17'
Format : 16 mm. - Béta Digit. - Mpeg4
Black & white
Producer : ARMOR Films - Fred ORAIN
Country
France
With
Commentaire dit par Jean Claude MICHEL
Music
Georges DELERUE
Picture
Émile SALLE
Stage set
Madagascar
With the participation of
Haut Commissariat de France et Cmdt. Supérieur des Forces Armées de Madagascar et Dépendances
Archive footage
- Malagasy fishermen in outrigger canoes on a lake,
- Festival of the turning over of the dead: dances, young wrestlers, ritual dance,
- Institut Pasteur in Tananarive: researchers and doctors,
- Coffee harvest,
- Canning factory,
- Cigarette factory,
- Oil drilling.
In Madagascar, the spirit of tradition remains alive in the family unit, with its customs and rites, and the oral transmission of legends and sayings. But the Big Island is not neglecting its future by developing modern agricultural and industrial techniques, research and the use of energy resources.
