Jean Rouch Movies
- 2002
Mon père c'est un lion - Jean Rouch pour mémoire
Mon père c'est un lion - Jean Rouch pour mémoire02002HD
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- 1992
An Egg with No Shell
An Egg with No Shell11992HD
A male diva sings in a countertenor voice while massacring chickens brought to him by his butler, Jean Rouch, until a slave provides proof of his...
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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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- 1962
Les pêcheurs du Niger
Les pêcheurs du Niger01962HD
Directed by Jean Rouch.
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- 1963
Monsieur Albert, prophète
Monsieur Albert, prophète01963HD
Life in a community of Harist disciples in the village of Bregbo, Côte d'Ivoire, under the aegis of their "prophet" Alberto Atcho. 50 km from...
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- 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...
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- 1978
Margaret Mead: A Portrait By a Friend
Margaret Mead: A Portrait By a Friend01978HD
Jean Rouch filmed this loving and humorous portrait of anthropologist and filmmaker Margaret Mead in September 1977 while he was a guest of the first...
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- 1989
Boulevards d'Afrique
Boulevards d'Afrique01989HD
A Film by Jean Rouch and Tam-Sir Doueb.
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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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- 1977
Samba the Great
Samba the Great51977HD
The adventures of a legendary hero who, dazzled by the beauty of a princess in the hand asks. This imposes several trials he emerges victorious. Only...
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- 1948
Hombroï
Hombroï01948HD
A film by Jean Rouch.
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- 1998
Ciguri – Tarahumaras 98 - La Danse Du Peyotl
Ciguri – Tarahumaras 98 - La Danse Du Peyotl01998HD
A documentary cycle involving the Rarámuri or Tarahumara people of Northern Mexico. This film addresses rites of winter as well as peyote and...
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- 2004
Portrait de Jean Rouch
Portrait de Jean Rouch02004HD
On the terrace of his regular café haunt in Paris' 14th arrondissement, Jean Rouch regales Noël Simsolo and Jackie Raynal with stories...
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- 1973
Funeral Rites for Women in Bongo
Funeral Rites for Women in Bongo01973HD
In Mali, women's funeral rite takes place in the village of Bongo, in Dogon country.
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- 1951
Les gens du mil
Les gens du mil01951HD
A film by Jean Rouch.
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- 2003
Encountering Jean Rouch
Encountering Jean Rouch02003HD
This short film was shot in 2002 during Bilan du Film Ethnographic for the purpose of introducing Jean Rouch to the audience at 2003 Taiwan...
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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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- 1996
Germaine et ses copains
Germaine et ses copains01996HD
In Sangha, through the window of her house, Germaine greets Djamgouno, her main informant. He then translates for her a conversation she has with a...
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- 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...
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- 1977
Badye, the Storyteller
Badye, the Storyteller5.51977HD
A Nigerian traditionalist who draws his inspiration from bird warbling to compose music to accompany his verse chronicles.
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