Germaine chez elle
Germaine chez elle
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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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Yenendi de Ganghel (Rain Dance at Ganghel)
Yenendi de Ganghel (Rain Dance at Ganghel)0/101968HDLightning 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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Le Rêve plus fort que la mort
Le Rêve plus fort que la mort0/102002HDJean Rouch's return to Niger, to meet his African friends and the play "Perses" by Aeschylus provide him with the opportunity to relate his Dionysian...
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Funeral Rites for Women in Bongo
Funeral Rites for Women in Bongo0/101973HDIn Mali, women's funeral rite takes place in the village of Bongo, in Dogon country.
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The Burial of the Hogon
The Burial of the Hogon0/101973HDBurial of the Hogon of Sanga, Dogon religious leader of Lower Ogol, Mali.
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Ayorou Singing Stones
Ayorou Singing Stones0/101968HDOn the Niger River, the island of Ayorou is home to a “singing stone,” an imposing boulder rock covered with cupules. It is used as a...
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Sigui 1970: The Clamours of Amani
Sigui 1970: The Clamours of Amani0/101970HDThe fourth year of the Sigui ceremonies, celebrated every sixty years by the Dogons of the Bandiagara cliffs, Mali, takes place in the village of...
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Sigui 1967: L'enclume de Yougo
Sigui 1967: L'enclume de Yougo0/101967HDBeginning of the sextenary festival of the Sigui among the Dogon of the Bandiagara cliff in Mali. This first ceremony takes place at the village of...
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Une sortie de novices de Sakpata
Une sortie de novices de Sakpata0/101958HDSakpata is one of the main deities of the "Vodoun" pantheon in Benin (Dahomey at the time of filming, in 1958). Initiation into the cult of the...
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Encountering Jean Rouch
Encountering Jean Rouch0/102003HDThis short film was shot in 2002 during Bilan du Film Ethnographic for the purpose of introducing Jean Rouch to the audience at 2003 Taiwan...
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Announcement
Announcement0/101997HDThis film, made in one afternoon, is an "inspired promenade," the discovery of an exhibition with improvised text and commentary. Five shot sequences...
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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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Liberté, égalité, fraternité, et puis après...
Liberté, égalité, fraternité, et puis après...0/101990HDOn 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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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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Jean Rouch, des mensonges plus vrais que la réalité
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Funérailles au Ghana
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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...
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The Dama of Ambara: To Enchant Death
The Dama of Ambara: To Enchant Death0/101974HDEvery five years, the mask society of the Dogons of Sanga, Mali, organizes a great Dama, a ceremony to end the period of mourning and drive away "the...
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Initiation into the Dance of the Possessed
Initiation into the Dance of the Possessed0/101948HDRitual of introduction, for a Songhaî young woman from Tillabérie, in Niger, to the dance of possession devoted to "Kirey", genie of...
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Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon
Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon0/101983HDA 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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Ciguri - Tarahumaras 99 - Le dernier chaman
Ciguri - Tarahumaras 99 - Le dernier chaman0/101999HDRites of winter, rites of peyote. A creative documentary based on texts by Antonin Artaud read by Jean Rouch, and the words of the last...
![The Magicians of Wanzerbé]()
The Magicians of Wanzerbé
The Magicians of Wanzerbé0/101948HDIn Wanzerbe, in Niger, caravans of Tuareg merchants and Bella arrive. On the market, food, potteries, salt, cotton, and flocks are exchanged... a...
