Jean Rouch Movies

  • 1963
    Le palmier à l'huile

    Le palmier à l'huile

    Le palmier à l'huile

    01963HD

    Directed by Jean Rouch.

    Le palmier à l'huile
  • 1974
    Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken

    Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken

    Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken

    6.91974HD

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

    Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken
  • 1989
    Boulevards d'Afrique

    Boulevards d'Afrique

    Boulevards d'Afrique

    01989HD

    A Film by Jean Rouch and Tam-Sir Doueb.

    Boulevards d'Afrique
  • 2011
    Jean Epstein, Young Oceans of Cinema

    Jean Epstein, Young Oceans of Cinema

    Jean Epstein, Young Oceans of Cinema

    02011HD

    This portrait of the French film theorist and avant-garde director Jean Epstein (1897-1953) concentrates on the period when he filmed in Brittany,...

    Jean Epstein, Young Oceans of Cinema
  • 1963
    Les cocotiers

    Les cocotiers

    Les cocotiers

    01963HD

    Directed by Jean Rouch.

    Les cocotiers
  • 2002
    Mon père c'est un lion - Jean Rouch pour mémoire

    Mon père c'est un lion - Jean Rouch pour mémoire

    Mon père c'est un lion - Jean Rouch pour mémoire

    02002HD

    Mon père c'est un lion - Jean Rouch pour mémoire
  • 1997
    I'm Tired of Standing, I Lie Down

    I'm Tired of Standing, I Lie Down

    I'm Tired of Standing, I Lie Down

    01997HD

    Two parts magical drama and one part straight documentary, this outing from famed ethnographic filmmaker Jean Rouch is set somewhere in Nigeria near...

    I'm Tired of Standing, I Lie Down
  • 1986
    Enigma

    Enigma

    Enigma

    91986HD

    An artist is invited to Turin and is asked to do a painting inspired by the city and the work of Giorgio De Chirico.

    Enigma
  • 1992
    Damouré Speaks About AIDS

    Damouré Speaks About AIDS

    Damouré Speaks About AIDS

    01992HD

    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...

    Damouré Speaks About AIDS
  • 1987
    Couleur du temps. Berlin, Août 1945

    Couleur du temps. Berlin, Août 1945

    Couleur du temps. Berlin, Août 1945

    7.51987HD

    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...

    Couleur du temps. Berlin, Août 1945
  • 1971
    Sigui 1971: The Dune of Idyeli

    Sigui 1971: The Dune of Idyeli

    Sigui 1971: The Dune of Idyeli

    7.11971HD

    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...

    Sigui 1971: The Dune of Idyeli
  • 1969
    Sigui 1969: The Cave of Bongo

    Sigui 1969: The Cave of Bongo

    Sigui 1969: The Cave of Bongo

    01969HD

    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...

    Sigui 1969: The Cave of Bongo
  • 1975
    Zomo et ses frères

    Zomo et ses frères

    Zomo et ses frères

    01975HD

    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...

    Zomo et ses frères
  • 1972
    Un lion nommé l'Américain

    Un lion nommé l'Américain

    Un lion nommé l'Américain

    61972HD

    A film about a lion.

    Un lion nommé l'Américain
  • 1950
    Battle on the Great River

    Battle on the Great River

    Battle on the Great River

    5.71950HD

    In 1946 ethnographic researcher Rouch had attempted to film a "Bangaoui," a hippopotamus hunt along the river Niger, but the results were...

    Battle on the Great River
  • 1962
    Niger Festivals: December 1961 - Niger Independence Days

    Niger Festivals: December 1961 - Niger Independence Days

    Niger Festivals: December 1961 - Niger Independence Days

    01962HD

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

    Niger Festivals: December 1961 - Niger Independence Days
  • 1963
    Monsieur Albert, prophète

    Monsieur Albert, prophète

    Monsieur Albert, prophète

    01963HD

    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...

    Monsieur Albert, prophète
  • 1974
    Pam Kuso Kar (Breaking Pam's Vases)

    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,...

    Pam Kuso Kar (Breaking Pam's Vases)
  • 1998
    Ciguri – Tarahumaras 98 - La Danse Du Peyotl

    Ciguri – Tarahumaras 98 - La Danse Du Peyotl

    Ciguri – Tarahumaras 98 - La Danse Du Peyotl

    01998HD

    A documentary cycle involving the Rarámuri or Tarahumara people of Northern Mexico. This film addresses rites of winter as well as peyote and...

    Ciguri – Tarahumaras 98 - La Danse Du Peyotl
  • 1951
    The Rainmakers

    The Rainmakers

    The Rainmakers

    81951HD

    Rain rituals with possession dances among the Songhay and Zarma of Simiri, Zermaganda, Niger. Dry Season: The village of Simiri; water carriers, the...

    The Rainmakers