Copyright 2026, Documentary Educational Resources https://store.der.org/senegal-c55all.aspx Mon, 21 Sep 2026 02:39:29 GMT 60 Nexternal RSS 2.0 en-us https://store.der.org/deep-hearts-p864.aspx Product864 Thu, 30 Aug 2018 07:04:00 GMT <div style="float:left"><a class="url" href="https://store.der.org/deep-hearts-p864.aspx"><img src="//cdn.nexternal.com/der/images/deep-hearts.jpg" alt="Deep Hearts" border="0" hspace="3"></a></div><span class="riRssTitle"><a href="https://store.der.org/deep-hearts-p864.aspx">Deep Hearts</a></span><br><a href="https://store.der.org/deep-hearts-p864.aspx">Buy Now:</a> <span color="#990000"><b>$320.00</b></span> <br /><br /><div><div><i>Deep Hearts</i> is a film about the Bororo Fulani, a nomadic society located in the central portion of the Niger Republic of Africa. The title is a reference to an important aspect of these people's thought and demeanor. The Bororo are immensely beautiful. They are also extremely envious of each other's looks. This envy accounts for their truly suspicious nature; one which leads quickly to feelings of fear. They are particularly fearful of being 'devoured' by both the eyes and mouths of those around them with whom they compete as beautiful creatures. The concept of a deep heart is useful because it accommodates their fears by providing a metaphysical space in which to hide their true feelings. <i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Deep Hearts</i> describes the Gerewol, an occasion during the rainy season when two different and competing lineages come together at a designated watering place to choose the most 'perfect' Bororo male. It is close to being a physical and moral beauty contest in which the winner, selected by a maiden of the opposing lineage, is acclaimed the 'bull.' The film is also an attempt to let this ceremony of the Bororo be a way of speaking to the larger question of choice itself, something which confronts all human beings at all times. <br /></div><br /><br />Visit <a href="https://store.der.org/senegal-c55all.aspx">Senegal</a> to see additional products in this category.</div> https://store.der.org/return-to-belaye-p472.aspx Product472 Tue, 28 Aug 2018 08:59:00 GMT <div style="float:left"><a class="url" href="https://store.der.org/return-to-belaye-p472.aspx"><img src="//cdn.nexternal.com/der/images/return-to-belaye.jpg" alt="Return to Belaye" border="0" hspace="3"></a></div><span class="riRssTitle"><a href="https://store.der.org/return-to-belaye-p472.aspx">Return to Belaye</a></span><br><a href="https://store.der.org/return-to-belaye-p472.aspx">Buy Now:</a> <span color="#990000"><b>$320.00</b></span> <br /><br /><div><i>Return To Belaye: A Rite of Passage</i> is an insider's look at a manhood initiation ritual in the village of Belaye, Senegal, West Africa. The documentary focuses on filmmaker, Amy Flannery and her husband, Papis Goudiaby, as they leave their home in the United States and journey back to Papis' birthplace where he must undergo the tribe's traditional initiation rite.&nbsp;<div><br /></div><div>Dressed in colorful ceremonial costumes and under the influence of hallucinogenic roots, the villagers fire cannons, wave knives in the air, and dance themselves into a frenzy. The initiates reveal their fears about entering the sacred forest. It's a tough ordeal for the initiates and agonizing for Flannery, who wavers between feelings of alienation and angst watching her husband go through the ritual.&nbsp;<div><br /></div><div>More than an anthropological study of an ancient initiation rite, <i>Return To Belaye </i>is also an honest and intimate cross-cultural love story.</div></div><div><br /></div><div><hr><br /></div><div><b>SELECTED SCREENINGS & AWARDS</b></div><div><i>Gold award, Documentary</i>, WorldFest, Houston 2002</div><br /><br />Visit <a href="https://store.der.org/senegal-c55all.aspx">Senegal</a> to see additional products in this category.</div>