Samba the Great

Name: Samba the Great
Genre: animation
Released: 1977
Duration: 14 min
Rating: 5.5
Cast: Jean Rouch

Animation · 5.5/10 · 14 min · 1977

Based on a traditional folktale, this animated film follows the hero Sambagana, who must complete a succession of arduous trials in order to make a princess laugh and earn her consent to marriage. Combining drawn animation and stop-motion puppetry, the film retells the legend through a stylized, episodic quest narrative.

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Moustapha Alassane
writer

Moustapha Alassane
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as Narrator

Jean Rouch

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