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Pam Kuso Kar (Breaking Pam's Vases)
9.0 / 10• 1974• 12m•NR• French
Documentary
Storyline
In February 1974, Pam Sambo Zima, the oldest of the priests of possession in Niamey, Niger, died at the age of seventy-plus years. In his backyard, the followers from the possession cult symbolically break the dead priest's ritual vases and cry for the deceased while dividing up the clothes of the divinities.
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Pam Sambo Zima
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LeadWhat People Are Saying
5.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Jean Rouch's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
5.0
“Every frame feels alive. Pam Kuso Kar (Breaking Pam's Vases) is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
