Film
Creatures of Pain
1968 · 5m · Documentary
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Overview
In 1967 I was hoping to make a film about sheepherders in Nigeria. Civil War intervened and I had to be content with a few days attending a ritual called “sharo” in a small village near Kano. It qualified as a true ‘ordeal’, a contest of endurance to pain.
Crew
- Robert GardnerDirector
Details
- Release date
- May 15, 1968
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 5m
- Genres
- Documentary
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