Jean Rouch Movies

1962
The Doll
The Doll
5.51962HD
An avant-garde political satire that takes place in a mythical country in South America. The dictator has been replaced by a look-alike...
1966
Dogon Drums, Elements of a Study in Rhythm
Dogon Drums, Elements of a Study in Rhythm
101966HD
The young goat herders from the cliff of Bandiagara practice on the stone drums of their ancestors. An ethnomusicological film experiment describing...
1962
Abidjan, port de pêche
Abidjan, port de pêche
01962HD
Directed by Jean Rouch.
1967
Sigui 1967: L'enclume de Yougo
Sigui 1967: L'enclume de Yougo
01967HD
Beginning 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...
1999
Ciguri - Tarahumaras 99 - Le dernier chaman
Ciguri - Tarahumaras 99 - Le dernier chaman
01999HD
Rites of winter, rites of peyote. A creative documentary based on texts by Antonin Artaud read by Jean Rouch, and the words of the last...
1977
Hommage à Marcel Mauss. Germaine Dieterlen
Hommage à Marcel Mauss. Germaine Dieterlen
01977HD
Germaine Dierterlen talks about Dogon mythology at a conference on the Bandiagara cliffs. The Songo canopy is a sacred site in Bandiagara. Its walls...
1970
Work(ing Together) in Process
Work(ing Together) in Process
01970HD
On a quest to obtain some misdelivered camera batteries, Sam finds himself in a Rotterdam-based sex shop. Here he meets Marty who works there, and...
1963
Les cocotiers
Les cocotiers
71963HD
Directed by Jean Rouch.
1992
An Egg with No Shell
An Egg with No Shell
11992HD
A male diva sings in a countertenor voice while massacring chickens brought to him by his butler, Jean Rouch, until a slave provides proof of his...
1984
Dionysos
Dionysos
61984HD
The story of an American drama teacher who after writing a thesis on Dionysus tries to combine Dionysian rites with the work at a car factory, in an...
1948
The Magicians of Wanzerbé
The Magicians of Wanzerbé
71948HD
Filmed in Wanzerbé, Niger, this short documentary records ritual, market exchange, and ceremonial practices, documenting divination,...
1981
Sigui Synthesis: The Invention of Speech and Death
Sigui Synthesis: The Invention of Speech and Death
01981HD
Sigui 1967-1973: invention de la parole et de la mort is a never-before-seen synthesis of the roaming ceremony of the Dogon people living in Mali,...
1951
Cemeteries in the Cliff
Cemeteries in the Cliff
71951HD
Dogon funerary rites in the village of Ireli at the foot of the Bandiagara cliffs, Mali.
1978
Ciné-Portrait de Stanislas Adotevi
Ciné-Portrait de Stanislas Adotevi
01978HD
1974
The Dama of Ambara: To Enchant Death
The Dama of Ambara: To Enchant Death
01974HD
Every 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...
1972
Un lion nommé l'Américain
Un lion nommé l'Américain
7.31972HD
A film about a lion.
1970
Sigui 1970: The Clamours of Amani
Sigui 1970: The Clamours of Amani
71970HD
The fourth year of the Sigui ceremonies, celebrated every sixty years by the Dogons of the Bandiagara cliffs, Mali, takes place in the village of...
1947
In the Land of the Black Magi
In the Land of the Black Magi
6.61947HD
Rouch’s earliest surviving film, which depicts the Sorko of Niger on a hippopotamus hunt. - MoMA
1966
World Without a Game
World Without a Game
01966HD
Documentary portrait of Dziga Vertov, father of documentary cinema.
1973
Funeral Rites for Women in Bongo
Funeral Rites for Women in Bongo
01973HD
In Mali, women's funeral rite takes place in the village of Bongo, in Dogon country.