Jean Rouch Movies
- 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...
- 2000
Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas
Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas02000HD
- 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...
- 1972
Sigui 1972: The Loincloths of Yamé
Sigui 1972: The Loincloths of Yamé01972HD
The sixth year of the Sigui ceremonies, celebrated every sixty years by the Dogons of the Bandiagara cliffs, Mali.
- 1990
Brise-glace
Brise-glace5.81990HD
Collaborative experimental project on which three director made different films about the Swedish icebreaker "Frej".
- 1989
Boulevards d'Afrique
Boulevards d'Afrique01989HD
A Film by Jean Rouch and Tam-Sir Doueb.
- 1964
The Fifteen-Year-Old Widows
The Fifteen-Year-Old Widows6.7141964HD
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...
- 1971
Sigui 1971: The Dune of Idyeli
Sigui 1971: The Dune of Idyeli7.11971HD
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...
- 1999
Cinéma, de notre temps: Mosso, mosso (Jean Rouch comme si...)
Cinéma, de notre temps: Mosso, mosso (Jean Rouch comme si...)61999HD
- 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.
- 1967
Jaguar
Jaguar6.71967HD
Jaguar, a kind of road movie on foot, tells of the journey of three friends, Damouré, Lam and Illo, on their way to the Gold Coast where they...
- 1953
Mammy Water
Mammy Water5.81953HD
"Mammy Water" is mother sea, source of food. Jean Rouch filmed this short documentary in the Gulf of Guinea, in Ghana, where is held a colorful...
- 1981
Sigui Synthesis: The Invention of Speech and Death
Sigui Synthesis: The Invention of Speech and Death01981HD
Sigui 1967-1973: invention de la parole et de la mort is a never-before-seen synthesis of the roaming ceremony of the Dogon people living in Mali,...
- 1970
Little by Little
Little by Little7.21970HD
An African travels to Paris to learn about the construction of tall buildings, but is soon taken up with the oddities of French life.
- 1959
Les Fils de l'eau
Les Fils de l'eau01959HD
A compilation of black and white excerpts from five previous color films by Jean Rouch: Yenendi, the Rainmakers, Cemeteries in the Cliff, The Millet...
- 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...
- 2013
My Conversations on Film
My Conversations on Film3.22013HD
This distinctly personal journey into the artistic possibilities of independent film is not to be missed. Jonas Mekas, Jean-Pierre Gorin, Robert...
- 2004
Jean Rouch, des mensonges plus vrais que la réalité
Jean Rouch, des mensonges plus vrais que la réalité02004HD
- 2010
The Dreamed Films
The Dreamed Films7.32010HD
Belgian filmmaker Eric Pauwels' meditation on dream, travel and film.
- 1957
Baby Ghana
Baby Ghana101957HD
Shows independence festivities in Ghana, formerly the Gold Coast, which on 6th March had become the first African colony to gain independence.