Jean Rouch Movies
- 1962
Hampi
Hampi01962HD
A ritual vase, the hampi, is placed in the center of the Musée de plein air de la République du Niger in Niamey, during a ritual...
- 1964
The Fifteen-Year-Old Widows
The Fifteen-Year-Old Widows6.21964HD
One of four film sketches on the problems of adolescents facing the adult world in the 1960s. The three other sketches were directed by Michel...
- 1984
Dionysos
Dionysos51984HD
Dionysos is a 1984 French comedy film directed by Jean Rouch, starring Jean Monod and Hélène Puiseux. It tells the story of an American...
- 1968
Yenendi de Ganghel (Rain Dance at Ganghel)
Yenendi de Ganghel (Rain Dance at Ganghel)01968HD
Lightning struck the hut of a Fulani shepherd near a village of settled fishermen, Ganghel, in Niger. A yenendi, a purification ceremony to obtain...
- 1964
L'Afrique et la recherche scientifique
L'Afrique et la recherche scientifique01964HD
This documentary offers an overview of French scientific research in Africa French scientific research in Africa: hydrology, botany, biology oil...
- 2012
Mad Mimes
Mad Mimes102012HD
An anthropological study of a cargo cult in a fictitious self-marginalized commune, which existed next to the Moscow Ring Road - a highway that marks...
- 1964
La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même
La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même61964HD
Made for Cinéastes de notre temps series. In 1964, several French New Wave auteurs discuss the success and crisis of the wave. Featuring...
- 1995
Son of Gascogne
Son of Gascogne4.81995HD
You're a provincial kid in Paris and suddenly you're the center of attention: Movie stars, famous directors and sexy women are doting on you because...
- 1967
Civilisation: L'homme et les images
Civilisation: L'homme et les images01967HD
Collective contribution to a history of cinema, this issue of the “Civilisations” collection also takes part in the genesis of Deux ou...
- 1995
Rouch in Reverse
Rouch in Reverse01995HD
Malian filmmaker and New York University professor, Manthia Diawara critiques visual anthropology through the work of Jean Rouch.
- 1977
Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)
Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)81977HD
Jean Rouch’s camera follows his friend, filmmaker/actor/critic Farrokh Ghaffari, as he walks and talks us through the famous Shah Mosque in...
- 1964
That Tender Age
That Tender Age01964HD
A film in four episodes presenting teenage girls chosen as representative of their country and our time, in Italy, France, Japan and Canada. In spite...
- 1966
The Lion Hunters
The Lion Hunters6.11966HD
Etnographic documentary about lion hunting in Africa.
- 1977
Makwayela
Makwayela81977HD
A group of factory workers in post-independence Mozambique performs a ritual of song describing their work in South African gold mines, and decrying...
- 1974
Pam Kuso Kar (Breaking Pam's Vases)
Pam Kuso Kar (Breaking Pam's Vases)01974HD
In February 1974, Pam Sambo Zima, the oldest of the priests of possession in Niamey, Niger, died at the age of seventy-plus years. In his backyard,...
- 2002
Mon père c'est un lion - Jean Rouch pour mémoire
Mon père c'est un lion - Jean Rouch pour mémoire02002HD
- 1951
Cemeteries in the Cliff
Cemeteries in the Cliff6.51951HD
Dogon funerary rites in the village of Ireli at the foot of the Bandiagara cliffs, Mali.
- 1972
Un lion nommé l'Américain
Un lion nommé l'Américain61972HD
A film about a lion.
- 2004
Jean Rouch, des mensonges plus vrais que la réalité
Jean Rouch, des mensonges plus vrais que la réalité02004HD
- 1974
Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken
Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken6.91974HD
The story follows three poultry sellers on a trip across the bush, attempting to deliver a load of chickens to a market in Niamey.