Jean Rouch Movies

Commemorative celebrations of the independence of the Republic of Niger filmed in December 1961 and 1962.

This film is a moving tribute to French filmmaker Jean Rouch. Pauwels, a former collaborator of Rouch, accompanies him on a trip to Japan. In this...

An avant-garde political satire that takes place in a mythical country in South America. The dictator has been replaced by a look-alike...

Germaine Dierterlen talks about Dogon mythology at a conference on the Bandiagara cliffs. The Songo canopy is a sacred site in Bandiagara. Its walls...

In a busy, noisy neighborhood, a frustrated young wife in a failing marriage is offered her freedom by her indifferent husband, but has second...

Burial of the Hogon of Sanga, Dogon religious leader of Lower Ogol, Mali.

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

"Their land drought-stricken, three Nigerien farmers (and their donkey) travel to Holland to investigate the possibility of importing windmill...

Filmed in Paris in 1964, this documentary short follows two fifteen-year-old girls from the city’s 16th arrondissement as they move through...

From the bridges of Porto to its estuary, two men are paying tribute to the elegant Douro River. Through Luís de Camões and Prince...

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

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

In 1972, the Dogon of the Bandiagara cliff in Mali celebrated the funeral of Anaï Dolo, head of the Bongo Masks Society, who died at the age of...

A Film by Jean Rouch and Tam-Sir Doueb.

Etnographic documentary about lion hunting in Africa.

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

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...

Based on a traditional folktale, this animated film follows the hero Sambagana, who must complete a succession of arduous trials in order to make a...

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,...