Release Date
01 Jan, 1974
Runtime
00:50: (HH:MM)
Synopsis
Shows healing and religion amongst the Barolong, a Bantu tribe of South Africa. Christianity has combined with ancestor worship, and churchgoers secretly use witch doctors when in trouble. In black South Africa there is a massive, expanding movement of ecstatic healing sects, which the film explores in detail, looking at their prophets, rites and political implications.
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