Jean Rouch Movies
- 1963
Le palmier à l'huile
Le palmier à l'huile01963HD
Directed by Jean Rouch.
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- 1980
Ciné-mafia
Ciné-mafia01980HD
Three pioneers of documentary filmmaking – Joris Ivens, Henri Storck, and the man behind the camera, Jean Rouch – recall the early days...
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- 1970
Architects of Ayorou
Architects of Ayorou01970HD
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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- 1963
Rose et Landry
Rose et Landry01963HD
A young African couple discusses the influence of the West on their traditions. They discuss at length love, polygamy, bourgeois marriage, the...
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- 1973
Boukoki
Boukoki01973HD
Scene of possession during a ceremony to appeal for rain in Niger.
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- 1973
Sigui 1973: The Canopy of Circumcision
Sigui 1973: The Canopy of Circumcision01973HD
The seventh year of the Sigui ceremonies, celebrated every sixty years by the Dogons of the Bandiagara cliffs, Mali.
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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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- 1970
Sigui 1970: The Clamours of Amani
Sigui 1970: The Clamours of Amani01970HD
The fourth 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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- 1999
Cinéma, de notre temps: Mosso, mosso (Jean Rouch comme si...)
Cinéma, de notre temps: Mosso, mosso (Jean Rouch comme si...)61999HD
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- 1962
Le mil
Le mil01962HD
Directed by Jean Rouch.
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- 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...
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- 1997
A Friendly Handshake
A Friendly Handshake01997HD
From the bridges of Porto to its estuary, two men are paying tribute to the elegant Douro River. Through Luís de Camões and Prince...
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- 1958
Une sortie de novices de Sakpata
Une sortie de novices de Sakpata01958HD
Sakpata is one of the main deities of the "Vodoun" pantheon in Benin (Dahomey at the time of filming, in 1958). Initiation into the cult of the...
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- 1951
The Rainmakers
The Rainmakers81951HD
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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- 1947
In the Land of the Black Magi
In the Land of the Black Magi6.51947HD
Rouch’s earliest surviving film, which depicts the Sorko of Niger on a hippopotamus hunt. - MoMA
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- 1962
Abidjan, port de pêche
Abidjan, port de pêche01962HD
Directed by Jean Rouch.
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- 1972
Un lion nommé l'Américain
Un lion nommé l'Américain61972HD
A film about a lion.
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- 1973
VW-Voyou
VW-Voyou6.31973HD
A man rides a VW Beetle through the plains of Niger.
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- 1968
Sigui 1968: The Dancers of Tyogou
Sigui 1968: The Dancers of Tyogou01968HD
The second 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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- 1992
Damouré Speaks About AIDS
Damouré Speaks About AIDS01992HD
When the male nurse Damouré Zika talks about AIDS with his two friends Lam and Tallou, under the admiring eye of his own wife Lobo, who is a...
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