Toula (The Water Spirit)

Creator: FORD FOUNDATION 320 EAST 43 ST NEW YORK NY 10017 JOYCE CHOPRA

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Tells of drought in the West African Sahel, an ecological belt between the savannah grasslands and the Sahara Desert. Features Hansa and Songhay farmers and Fulani nomads. Filmed in 1972. Recounts the Nigerian mythic legend of Toula, the Water spirit, using a contemporary etting.