Jean Rouch Movies

  • 1962
    Hampi

    Hampi

    Hampi

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    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...

    Hampi
  • 1964
    The Fifteen-Year-Old Widows

    The Fifteen-Year-Old Widows

    The Fifteen-Year-Old Widows

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    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...

    The Fifteen-Year-Old Widows
  • 1984
    Dionysos

    Dionysos

    Dionysos

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    Dionysos is a 1984 French comedy film directed by Jean Rouch, starring Jean Monod and Hélène Puiseux. It tells the story of an American...

    Dionysos
  • 1968
    Yenendi de Ganghel (Rain Dance at Ganghel)

    Yenendi de Ganghel (Rain Dance at Ganghel)

    Yenendi de Ganghel (Rain Dance at Ganghel)

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    Lightning struck the hut of a Fulani shepherd near a village of settled fishermen, Ganghel, in Niger. A yenendi, a purification ceremony to obtain...

    Yenendi de Ganghel (Rain Dance at Ganghel)
  • 1964
    L'Afrique et la recherche scientifique

    L'Afrique et la recherche scientifique

    L'Afrique et la recherche scientifique

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    This documentary offers an overview of French scientific research in Africa French scientific research in Africa: hydrology, botany, biology oil...

    L'Afrique et la recherche scientifique
  • 2012
    Mad Mimes

    Mad Mimes

    Mad Mimes

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    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...

    Mad Mimes
  • 1964
    La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même

    La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même

    La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même

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    Made for Cinéastes de notre temps series. In 1964, several French New Wave auteurs discuss the success and crisis of the wave. Featuring...

    La Nouvelle Vague par elle-même
  • 1995
    Son of Gascogne

    Son of Gascogne

    Son of Gascogne

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    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...

    Son of Gascogne
  • 1967
    Civilisation: L'homme et les images

    Civilisation: L'homme et les images

    Civilisation: L'homme et les images

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    Collective contribution to a history of cinema, this issue of the “Civilisations” collection also takes part in the genesis of Deux ou...

    Civilisation: L'homme et les images
  • 1995
    Rouch in Reverse

    Rouch in Reverse

    Rouch in Reverse

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    Malian filmmaker and New York University professor, Manthia Diawara critiques visual anthropology through the work of Jean Rouch.

    Rouch in Reverse
  • 1977
    Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)

    Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)

    Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)

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    Jean Rouch’s camera follows his friend, filmmaker/actor/critic Farrokh Ghaffari, as he walks and talks us through the famous Shah Mosque in...

    Ispahan: A Persian Letter (The Chah Mosque at Ispahan)
  • 1964
    That Tender Age

    That Tender Age

    That Tender Age

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    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...

    That Tender Age
  • 1966
    The Lion Hunters

    The Lion Hunters

    The Lion Hunters

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    Etnographic documentary about lion hunting in Africa.

    The Lion Hunters
  • 1977
    Makwayela

    Makwayela

    Makwayela

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    A group of factory workers in post-independence Mozambique performs a ritual of song describing their work in South African gold mines, and decrying...

    Makwayela
  • 1974
    Pam Kuso Kar (Breaking Pam's Vases)

    Pam Kuso Kar (Breaking Pam's Vases)

    Pam Kuso Kar (Breaking Pam's Vases)

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    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,...

    Pam Kuso Kar (Breaking Pam's Vases)
  • 2002
    Mon père c'est un lion - Jean Rouch pour mémoire

    Mon père c'est un lion - Jean Rouch pour mémoire

    Mon père c'est un lion - Jean Rouch pour mémoire

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    Mon père c'est un lion - Jean Rouch pour mémoire
  • 1951
    Cemeteries in the Cliff

    Cemeteries in the Cliff

    Cemeteries in the Cliff

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    Dogon funerary rites in the village of Ireli at the foot of the Bandiagara cliffs, Mali.

    Cemeteries in the Cliff
  • 1972
    Un lion nommé l'Américain

    Un lion nommé l'Américain

    Un lion nommé l'Américain

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    A film about a lion.

    Un lion nommé l'Américain
  • 2004
    Jean Rouch, des mensonges plus vrais que la réalité

    Jean Rouch, des mensonges plus vrais que la réalité

    Jean Rouch, des mensonges plus vrais que la réalité

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    Jean Rouch, des mensonges plus vrais que la réalité
  • 1974
    Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken

    Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken

    Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken

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    The story follows three poultry sellers on a trip across the bush, attempting to deliver a load of chickens to a market in Niamey.

    Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken