Thursday 26 March, 18:30

Histoire et Cité Festival: Trances et possessions

An evening of short ethnographic films by Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson (Trance and Dance in Bali, 1936), Jean Rouch (Les Maître fous, 1955) and Gianfranco Mingozzi (La Taranta, 1962). These documentary works probe trance and possession across Balinese, Nigerien and Salentine rituals, weaving field observation with cinematic poetics. The program balances narrative force and ritual strangeness, foregrounding texture, rhythm and intimate detail while gesturing to colonial entanglements. A discussion with historian Michel Porret follows to reflect on representation and memory.

In French.

Rue du Général-DUFOUR 16,
1204 Genève
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