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Herdsmen of the Sun (German: Wodaabe - Die Hirten der Sonne) is a 1989 documentary film by Werner Herzog. The film explores the social rituals and cultural celebrations of the Saharan nomadic Wodaabe tribe. Particular focus is given to the Gerewol celebration, which features an elaborate male beauty contest to win wives.
Although the film may be considered to be ethnographic, Herzog commented that: "[My films] are anthropological only in as much as they try to explore the human condition at this particular time on this planet. I do not make films using images only of clouds and trees, I work with human beings because the way they function in different cultural groups interests me. If that makes me an anthropologist then so be it."
Original Release
01/01/1989
US Release
05/08/1991
Cast
Name | Character |
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Werner Herzog | Narrator / Narrator (voice) |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Werner Herzog | Narrator / Narrator (voice) |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Werner Herzog | Producer |
Jörg Dattler | Producer |
Catherine Jacques | Producer |
Patrick Sandrin | Producer |