Jean Rouch Movies
- 1963
Le palmier à l'huile
Le palmier à l'huile01963HD
Directed by Jean Rouch.
- 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.
- 1989
Boulevards d'Afrique
Boulevards d'Afrique01989HD
A Film by Jean Rouch and Tam-Sir Doueb.
- 2011
Jean Epstein, Young Oceans of Cinema
Jean Epstein, Young Oceans of Cinema02011HD
This portrait of the French film theorist and avant-garde director Jean Epstein (1897-1953) concentrates on the period when he filmed in Brittany,...
- 1963
Les cocotiers
Les cocotiers01963HD
Directed by Jean Rouch.
- 2002
Mon père c'est un lion - Jean Rouch pour mémoire
Mon père c'est un lion - Jean Rouch pour mémoire02002HD
- 1997
I'm Tired of Standing, I Lie Down
I'm Tired of Standing, I Lie Down01997HD
Two parts magical drama and one part straight documentary, this outing from famed ethnographic filmmaker Jean Rouch is set somewhere in Nigeria near...
- 1986
Enigma
Enigma91986HD
An artist is invited to Turin and is asked to do a painting inspired by the city and the work of Giorgio De Chirico.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 1969
Sigui 1969: The Cave of Bongo
Sigui 1969: The Cave of Bongo01969HD
The third year of the Sigui ceremonies, celebrated every sixty years by the Dogons of the Bandiagara cliffs, Mali, takes place in the village of...
- 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...
- 1972
Un lion nommé l'Américain
Un lion nommé l'Américain61972HD
A film about a lion.
- 1950
Battle on the Great River
Battle on the Great River5.71950HD
In 1946 ethnographic researcher Rouch had attempted to film a "Bangaoui," a hippopotamus hunt along the river Niger, but the results were...
- 1962
Niger Festivals: December 1961 - Niger Independence Days
Niger Festivals: December 1961 - Niger Independence Days01962HD
Commemorative celebrations of the independence of the Republic of Niger filmed in December 1961 and 1962.
- 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...
- 1974
Pam Kuso Kar (Breaking Pam's Vases)
Pam Kuso Kar (Breaking Pam's Vases)01974HD
In February 1974, Pam Sambo Zima, the oldest of the priests of possession in Niamey, Niger, died at the age of seventy-plus years. In his backyard,...
- 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...
- 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...