In a Pygmy banana plantation in the Central African Republic, a little girl suffers a sudden attack of hyperthermic convulsions, an illness attributed to the fact that her parents have eaten a water chevrotain. She is treated by the women of the camp.

Collection title : Pygmy Chronicle

Directors:
EPELBOIN Alain (LACITO, UPR CNRS, Paris); GAULIER François

Authors:
EPELBOIN Alain (LACITO, UPR CNRS, Paris); GAULIER François

Scientific advisers:
AROM Simha (LACITO, UPR CNRS, Paris); BAHUCHET Serge (LACITO, UPR CNRS, Paris); THOMAS Jacqueline M.C. (LACITO, UPR CNRS, Paris)

Production:
CNRS-LACITO ; CNRS AV ; La Cathode Vidéo

Date of production : 1988
Duration : 00:09:00
Color : Couleur
Sound : Sonore
Public : Specialised audience
Original Support : 8 Video
Delivery support : VHS, Beta SP
Version : French
Discipline : Ethnology Africa
Keyword : Keywords : Family therapy ; Food taboo ; Infancy ; Pygmy
Places : Central African Republic

Distribution: CNRS Images
Lending, Sale (private use), Sale (institutions use)

Awards:
Festival de films ethnographiques de Grenade : 1er prix.