IN MALI, on the cliffs inhabited by the Dogon, an ethnoarchaeologist and a cameraman participated in an extremely rare event : the reduction of iron ore. The experience was filmed and is a unique testimony of a thousand-year-old technology which has now disappeared. [ Version française ]

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Award of commendation 1998, Society for Visual Anthropology of the American Anthropological Association.

Grand prix et prix du public, 2nd Festival international du film archéologique, Brussels, November 1997.

Best Film-Video on matters relating to the Black Experience, XIVth Black International Cinema. Interdisciplinary, Intercultural Film-Video Festival, Berlin/Cottbus, Germany/U.S.A. 1999.

Menzione Onorifica, II Festival Internazionale Del Cinema Archeologico, Istanbul 1999.

Speciale menzione - 9a Rassegna Internazionale del Cinema Archeologico, Rovereto 5-9 October 1998.

Mention spéciale du jury, 16th Bilan du film ethnographique, Paris, March 1997.

Sélection officielle - XIIIe Festival de films et musiques du monde. Musée d'Ethnographie, Geneva, October 1998.

Invité d'honneur - 4a Mostra Internacional do Filme Etnográfico, Brasil, October 1997.

Sélection officielle - Maremma festival, International Documentary Film Festival, Italy, September 1998.

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