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1977
Makwayela
Makwayela8.00 1977 HD
A group of factory workers in post-independence Mozambique performs a ritual of song describing their work in South African gold mines, and decrying...
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1966
The Lion Hunters
The Lion Hunters6.10 1966 HD
Etnographic documentary about lion hunting in Africa.
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1994
Germaine chez elle
Germaine chez elle1 1994 HD
In front of Jean Rouch's camera, Germaine Dieterlen recalls her ethnographic itinerary, at the Musée de l'Homme, in Mali and in the Paris of...
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1975
Zomo et ses frères
Zomo et ses frères1 1975 HD
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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1962
Niger Festivals: December 1961 - Niger Independence Days
Niger Festivals: December 1961 - Niger Independence Days1 1962 HD
Commemorative celebrations of the independence of the Republic of Niger filmed in December 1961 and 1962.
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1974
Pam Kuso Kar (Breaking Pam's Vases)
Pam Kuso Kar (Breaking Pam's Vases)1 1974 HD
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,...
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1964
L'Afrique et la recherche scientifique
L'Afrique et la recherche scientifique1 1964 HD
This documentary offers an overview of French scientific research in Africa French scientific research in Africa: hydrology, botany, biology oil...
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1978
Margaret Mead: A Portrait By a Friend
Margaret Mead: A Portrait By a Friend1 1978 HD
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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1983
Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon
Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon1 1983 HD
A fortuitous meeting, late one afternoon, in the garden of the Tuileries, of one or two cameras, a tape recorder, and three cameramen/directors,...
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1966
Dogon Drums, Elements of a Study in Rhythm
Dogon Drums, Elements of a Study in Rhythm1 1966 HD
The young goat herders from the cliff of Bandiagara practice on the stone drums of their ancestors. An ethnomusicological film experiment describing...
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1972
Horendi
Horendi8.80 1972 HD
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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1962
Hampi
Hampi1 1962 HD
A ritual vase, the hampi, is placed in the center of the Musée de plein air de la République du Niger in Niamey, during a ritual...
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1979
Funeral at Bongo: The Death of Old Anai
Funeral at Bongo: The Death of Old Anai1 1979 HD
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...
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1968
Yenendi de Ganghel (Rain Dance at Ganghel)
Yenendi de Ganghel (Rain Dance at Ganghel)1 1968 HD
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
Hommage à Marcel Mauss. Germaine Dieterlen
Hommage à Marcel Mauss. Germaine Dieterlen1 1977 HD
Germaine Dierterlen talks about Dogon mythology at a conference on the Bandiagara cliffs. The Songo canopy is a sacred site in Bandiagara. Its walls...
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1971
Drums from the Past
Drums from the Past5.80 1971 HD
"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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1992
Damouré Speaks About AIDS
Damouré Speaks About AIDS1 1992 HD
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...
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1997
I'm Tired of Standing, I Lie Down
I'm Tired of Standing, I Lie Down1 1997 HD
Two parts magical drama and one part straight documentary, this outing from famed ethnographic filmmaker Jean Rouch is set somewhere in Nigeria near...
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1990
Liberté, égalité, fraternité, et puis après...
Liberté, égalité, fraternité, et puis après...1 1990 HD
On the occasion of the bicentenary of the French Revolution, a group of Haitians in Paris undertake a voodoo ritual in front of Les Invalides, to...
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1976
Nationality: Immigrant
Nationality: Immigrant1 1976 HD
A Mauritanian worker, Sidi, works in France. Like most immigrant workers, he is employed to do the most difficult and dangerous jobs. Sidi and his...