The Mad Masters
The Mad Masters
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The subject of the film was the Hauka movement. The Hauka movement consisted of mimicry and dancing to become possessed by French Colonial...
Damouré Zika
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Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken
Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken6.9/101974HDThe story follows three poultry sellers on a trip across the bush, attempting to deliver a load of chickens to a market in Niamey.
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Little by Little
Little by Little7.2/101970HDAn African travels to Paris to learn about the construction of tall buildings, but is soon taken up with the oddities of French life.
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Jaguar
Jaguar6.7/101967HDJaguar, a kind of road movie on foot, tells of the journey of three friends, Damouré, Lam and Illo, on their way to the Gold Coast where they...
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The Lion Hunters
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Hampi
Hampi0/101962HDA 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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Saitane
Saitane7.2/101973HDA sorcerer (played by the director himself) controls all activities in a village. Manipulating the different parties, the sorcerer promises love,...
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The Exile
The Exile6.2/101980HDBased on a traditional African tale. A king has the habit whilst walking in disguise on the streets of his kingdom to listen to the wishes of his own...
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Mammy Water
Mammy Water5.8/101953HD"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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Madame l'eau
Madame l'eau7.2/101993HD"Their land drought-stricken, three Nigerien farmers (and their donkey) travel to Holland to investigate the possibility of importing windmill...
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Battle on the Great River
Battle on the Great River5.7/101950HDIn 1946 ethnographic researcher Rouch had attempted to film a "Bangaoui," a hippopotamus hunt along the river Niger, but the results were...
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VW-Voyou
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Babatou, Three Pieces of Advice
Babatou, Three Pieces of Advice5/101976HDOnce upon a time, in the middle of the last century, a great warrior named Babatou. Nigerian jumper from the region Dounga Gurunsi invaded the...
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Toula, or the Genie of the Water
Toula, or the Genie of the Water0/101973HDThe gods have declared the drought of the country. There seems to be no hope. A holy man summoned by the king requires the sacrifice of a young woman...
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Damouré Speaks About AIDS
Damouré Speaks About AIDS0/101992HDWhen 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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Cousin, cousine
Cousin, cousine0/101987HDMariama and Damouré, two cousins, are in Venice looking for a relic—or fetish—lost a long time ago, as in one of Gentile...
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I'm Tired of Standing, I Lie Down
I'm Tired of Standing, I Lie Down0/101997HDTwo 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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Giraffe Football or “The Alternative”
Giraffe Football or “The Alternative”0/101973HDIt's the final of the giraffe football world championship. The 403 and the 504 are in the final. The referee gives the instructions and the cars rush...
