Jean Rouch Movies
- 1960
Funérailles au Ghana
Funérailles au Ghana01960HD
A woman's funeral in Ghana.
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- 1970
Architects of Ayorou
Architects of Ayorou101970HD
Traditional houses and new architecture in Ayorou, an island on the River Niger in the archipelago of Tillaberi. The village and its activities; the...
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- 2002
Mon père c'est un lion - Jean Rouch pour mémoire
Mon père c'est un lion - Jean Rouch pour mémoire102002HD
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- 1975
Zomo et ses frères
Zomo et ses frères01975HD
A portrait of Zomo, the second of Damouré Zika’s many children. Employed at the zoo of the National Museum of Niger in Niamey, he offers...
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- 1971
Sigui 1971: The Dune of Idyeli
Sigui 1971: The Dune of Idyeli7.51971HD
The fifth year of the Sigui ceremonies, celebrated every sixty years by the Dogons of the Bandiagara cliffs, Mali, takes place in the village of...
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- 1963
Le palmier à l'huile
Le palmier à l'huile91963HD
Directed by Jean Rouch.
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- 2002
Le Rêve plus fort que la mort
Le Rêve plus fort que la mort02002HD
Jean Rouch's return to Niger, to meet his African friends and the play "Perses" by Aeschylus provide him with the opportunity to relate his Dionysian...
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- 1973
Sigui 1973: The Canopy of Circumcision
Sigui 1973: The Canopy of Circumcision71973HD
The seventh year of the Sigui ceremonies, celebrated every sixty years by the Dogons of the Bandiagara cliffs, Mali.
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- 1948
Hombroï
Hombroï81948HD
A film by Jean Rouch.
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- 1997
Announcement
Announcement101997HD
This film, made in one afternoon, is an "inspired promenade," the discovery of an exhibition with improvised text and commentary. Five shot sequences...
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- 1951
Les gens du mil
Les gens du mil71951HD
A film by Jean Rouch.
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- 1962
Le mil
Le mil71962HD
Directed by Jean Rouch.
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- 1986
Enigma
Enigma81986HD
An artist is invited to Turin and is asked to do a painting inspired by the city and the work of Giorgio De Chirico.
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- 1957
Baby Ghana
Baby Ghana7.71957HD
Shows independence festivities in Ghana, formerly the Gold Coast, which on 6th March had become the first African colony to gain independence.
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- 1973
Boukoki
Boukoki71973HD
Scene of possession during a ceremony to appeal for rain in Niger.
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- 1951
The Rainmakers
The Rainmakers7.21951HD
Rain rituals with possession dances among the Songhay and Zarma of Simiri, Zermaganda, Niger. Dry Season: The village of Simiri; water carriers, the...
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- 1958
Moro Naba
Moro Naba5.21958HD
Funeral rituals for the traditional leader Moro Naba of the Mossi at Ougadougou, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso). Election ceremonies for his...
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- 1987
Couleur du temps. Berlin, Août 1945
Couleur du temps. Berlin, Août 19457.51987HD
Not much film stock, an inspired camera, a meditation on time, period songs: using contemporary images, shot at a time when the broken city was...
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- 1977
Badye, the Storyteller
Badye, the Storyteller7.21977HD
A Nigerian traditionalist who draws his inspiration from bird warbling to compose music to accompany his verse chronicles.
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- 1969
Sigui 1969: The Cave of Bongo
Sigui 1969: The Cave of Bongo91969HD
The third year of the Sigui ceremonies, celebrated every sixty years by the Dogons of the Bandiagara cliffs, Mali, takes place in the village of...
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