Is What They Learn Worth What They Forget
1986, English. Directed by Lisbet Holtedahl.
Shot in 1986, the film presents scenes from the everyday life of a Mbororo pastorialist family living on the outskirts of Garoua, by then, the biggest town in Northern Cameroon. It documents the gradual sedentarisation and Islamisation of the Mbororo and presents rituals, chants, dances, healing practices as well as the transmission of traditional knowledge about medical plants and local religious beliefs.
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- 0h 47m
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- 1 January 1986
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Is What They Learn Worth What They Forget isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1986. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed Is What They Learn Worth What They Forget?
Is What They Learn Worth What They Forget (1986) was directed by Lisbet Holtedahl.