Jean Rouch Movies
- 1971
Drums from the Past
Drums from the Past5.81971HD
"Tourou et Bitti", an eight minute documentary concerning a ritual in Niger, is yet another example of Rouch's excellence in creating documentaries...
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- 1966
The Lion Hunters
The Lion Hunters61966HD
Etnographic documentary about lion hunting in Africa.
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- 1986
The Ordinary Madness of a Daughter of Ham
The Ordinary Madness of a Daughter of Ham01986HD
In Jean Rouch's cinematic reinterpretation of Julius-Amédée Laou's theatrical work, a freshly appointed nurse steps into the chaotic...
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- 1972
Horendi
Horendi8.81972HD
The title of this film translates literally as 'to put on a hori,' a hori being the Songhay term for ceremony of festival. Here it is used to refer...
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- 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.
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- 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...
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- 1958
La royale goumbé
La royale goumbé01958HD
A film by Jean Rouch.
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- 1962
Le mil
Le mil01962HD
Directed by Jean Rouch.
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- 1951
Les gens du mil
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A film by Jean Rouch.
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- 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...
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- 1962
Urbanisme africain
Urbanisme africain01962HD
Directed by Jean Rouch.
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- 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...
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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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- 2000
Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas
Nouvelle Vague : El cine sin dogmas02000HD
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- 1961
The Human Pyramid
The Human Pyramid6.51961HD
Jean Rouch gives a group of black and white teenagers a "what if" question: what if they socialised with each other? The teenagers then improvise...
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- 1963
Le palmier à l'huile
Le palmier à l'huile01963HD
Directed by Jean Rouch.
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- 1966
The Goumbé of the Young Revelers
The Goumbé of the Young Revelers7.21966HD
The film shows the members of a voluntary association of young people from Upper Volta who work in Abidjan, Ivory Coast - first at their work, then...
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- 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...
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