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- A Mauritanian worker, Sidi, works in France. Like most immigrant workers, he is employed in the most arduous and dangerous jobs.
- Three African friends travel from their drought stricken Niger to an inundated Holland (where they learn about sustainable low tech windmills) and back again in this act of collaborative filmmaking suffused with improvisation and humor.
- A dance of possession takes place in Zima Dauda Sido's concession in Niger. Turu and Bitti, the archaic drums, will be beaten during the ceremony.
- A group of West African hunters embark on a ritual hunt, tracking a pride of lions which has been attacking their cattle.
- The Makwayela dance is a form of protest, which the directors show a group of Mozambique factory workers performing.
- Traditional houses and new architecture in Ayorou, an island on the River Niger in the archipelago of Tillaberi. The village and its activities; the building of the house of a newly-wed young man.
- In the village of Simiri, Niger, fisherman Daouda is also a priest of the cult of Dongo, the god of Thunder for the Songhay people. He tells the god's legend by illustrating his account with drawings sketched in the sand at his feet.
- The second year of the Sigui ceremonies, celebrated every sixty years by the Dogons of the Bandiagara cliffs, Mali, takes place in the village of Tyogou.
- Beginning of the sextenary festival of the Sigui among the Dogon of the Bandiagara cliff in Mali. This first ceremony takes place in the village of Yougo Dogorou. The men, shaved and dressed in ritual clothes of the Sigui, enter the public square dancing the snake dance. They honor the terraces of the famous dead of the last sixty years and go to drink the sacramental millet beer.
- Burial of the Hogon of Sanga, Dogon religious leader of Lower Ogol, Mali.
- Scene of possession during a ceremony to appeal for rain in Niger.
- The fourth year of the Sigui ceremonies, celebrated every sixty years by the Dogons of the Bandiagara cliffs, Mali, takes place in the village of Amani.
- Near Abidjan, the capital of Ivory Coast, people care for themselves as best as they can. They are also helped by Albert Atcho, the high priest of the Harris cult. A kind of magus, Monsieur Albert obtains amazing healings among the mentally ill.
- A Nigerian traditionalist who draws his inspiration from bird warbling to compose music to accompany his verse chronicles.
- The fifth year of the Sigui ceremonies, celebrated every sixty years by the Dogons of the Bandiagara cliffs, Mali, takes place in the village of Idyeli.
- The daily life, customs and traditions of the people of Bougainville Island filmed by Patrick O'Reilly, a Catholic priest, anthropologist and pioneer of Pacific studies.
- Director Jean Rouch invites the viewer to a guided tour through the cinematographic museum Henri Langlois had built in Paris. This documentary is a unique document since the museum burnt down and cannot be visited anymore.
- The third year of the Sigui ceremonies, celebrated every sixty years by the Dogons of the Bandiagara cliffs, Mali, takes place in the village of Bongo.
- From the bridges of Porto to its estuary, two men are paying tribute to the elegant Douro River. Through Luís de Camões and Prince Henry the Navigator, through its Viking ships and dizzying bridges, the Douro is a great witness to the history and culture of Portugal. Jean Rouch and Manoel de Oliveira are walking alongside while reciting a poem written by de Oliveira himself. During their walk, they reflect upon documentary-making, the charm of the river, and what it represents to them.
- The three sequences taken from previous films by Jean Rouch illustrate in their own way the importance of song and music in everyday life in Niger, whether in everyday chores, in working the land, or during rituals.