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6.3
Gare du Nord
Gare du Nord
In a busy, noisy neighborhood, a frustrated young wife in a failing marriage is offered her freedom by her indifferent husband, but has second thoughts after meeting an intriguing stranger.
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6.4
Six in Paris
Six in Paris
Six vignettes set in different sections of Paris, by six directors. St. Germain des Pres (Douchet), Gare du Nord (Rouch), Rue St. Denis (Pollet), and Montparnasse et Levallois (Godard) ...
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L’Afrique et la recherche scientifique
L’Afrique et la recherche scientifique
This documentary offers an overview of French scientific research in Africa French scientific research in Africa: hydrology, botany, biology oil palm and coconut cultivation, ...
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6.2
The Fifteen-Year-Old Widows
The Fifteen-Year-Old Widows
One of four film sketches on the problems of adolescents facing the adult world in the 1960s. The three other sketches were directed by Michel Brault, Hiroshi Teshigahara, and Gian ...
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Monsieur Albert, prophète
Monsieur Albert, prophète
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 Abidjan, magician Albert Archo treats the ...
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Hampi
Hampi
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 ceremony featuring possession dances. With this film, ...
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Niger Festivals: December 1961 – Niger Independence Days
Niger Festivals: December 1961 – Niger Independence Days
Commemorative celebrations of the independence of the Republic of Niger filmed in December 1961 and 1962.
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8
The Punishment
The Punishment
An aimless young woman is sent home from school with nothing to do. Drifting through the streets of Paris, she comes across a variety of people.
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6.3
The Human Pyramid
The Human Pyramid
Jean Rouch gives a group of black and white teenagers a "what if" question: what if they socialised with each other? The teenagers then improvise their own characters and situations.
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7.2
Chronicle of a Summer
Chronicle of a Summer
Paris, summer 1960. Anthropologist and filmmaker Jean Rouch and sociologist and film critic Edgar Morin wander through the crowded streets asking passersby how they cope with life's ...
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Les Fils de l’eau
Les Fils de l’eau
A compilation of black and white excerpts from five previous color films by Jean Rouch: Yenendi, the Rainmakers, Cemeteries in the Cliff, The Millet People, The Circumcision, Battle on ...
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7.3
Moi, un Noir
Moi, un Noir
Winner of the prestigious Prix Louis Delluc in 1958, "Moi, un noir" marked Jean Rouch's break with traditional ethnography, and his embrace of the collaborative and improvisatory ...
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4.7
Moro Naba
Moro Naba
Funeral rituals for the traditional leader Moro Naba of the Mossi at Ougadougou, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso). Election ceremonies for his successor. Preparing the feast for the end ...
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10
Baby Ghana
Baby Ghana
Shows independence festivities in Ghana, formerly the Gold Coast, which on 6th March had become the first African colony to gain independence.
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6.2
The Mad Masters
The Mad Masters
The subject of the film was the Hauka movement. The Hauka movement consisted of mimicry and dancing to become possessed by French Colonial administrators. The participants performed the ...
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5.8
Mammy Water
Mammy Water
"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 festival, the Chama, in which the ...
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6.5
Cemeteries in the Cliff
Cemeteries in the Cliff
Dogon funerary rites in the village of Ireli at the foot of the Bandiagara cliffs, Mali.
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The Rainmakers
The Rainmakers
Rain rituals with possession dances among the Songhay and Zarma of Simiri, Zermaganda, Niger. Dry Season: The village of Simiri; water carriers, the rainbow tree. Possession of the ...
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5.7
Battle on the Great River
Battle on the Great River
In 1946 ethnographic researcher Rouch had attempted to film a "Bangaoui," a hippopotamus hunt along the river Niger, but the results were unsatisfactory.Five years later, he returns and ...