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                                KALANDA
                          The Knowledge of the Bush

A documentary about donsoya, the knowledge of initiated hunters in Burkina Faso

                       A documentary by Lorenzo Ferrarini
                         UK-Burkina Faso, 2014, 62 min.




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     In some parts of West Africa, hunting is much more than killing animals. A donso is no
common hunter, but a healer, a diviner, a ritual specialist and amulet maker.

        KALANDA - The Knowledge of the Bush is a unique initiatory journey into the knowledge
of donsoya from the perspective of the filmmaker. It was filmed during a year of research in
Burkina Faso, thanks to the filmmaker's initiation and practice of donsoya. His teacher becomes a
narrator who carries him and the viewer through a variety of experiences that show the richness of
the knowledge of the hunters.

The camera and sound recording techniques work to position the viewer in the shoes of an
apprentice: the whole documentary mixes autobiography and reconstruction, continuously blurring


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the line between teachings and fiction. Filming involved the hunters in a collaborative process,
layering observational footage, experimental video, out-of-sync sound and still photography.




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