ONION FARMING [motion picture]
Series: MCIS film collection
Place of publication: IFF, c1967
Number of pages: 16
Description: For documentation of the division of labor, the unity of the tribal group at work, and the order, grace, and dignity of a black African people this film is unexcelled. Each step is shown as the Dogons process their onion crop. Women harvest the onions, and men pound them and squeeze out the fluid to preserve them in the torrid heat. The compressed balls are then dried and stored to use in flavoring food or for trade with nearby tribes.
Notes: Miami University's MCIS film collection