Jean Rouch Movies

A film by Jean Rouch.

A film by Jean Rouch.

This short film was shot in 2002 during Bilan du Film Ethnographic for the purpose of introducing Jean Rouch to the audience at 2003 Taiwan...

Funeral rituals for the traditional leader Moro Naba of the Mossi at Ougadougou, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso). Election ceremonies for his...

A Nigerian traditionalist who draws his inspiration from bird warbling to compose music to accompany his verse chronicles.

Shows independence festivities in Ghana, formerly the Gold Coast, which on 6th March had become the first African colony to gain independence.

In the village of Simiri, Niger, fisherman Daouda is also a priest of the cult of Dongo, the god of Thunder for the Songhay people. He tells the...

Scene of possession during a ceremony to appeal for rain in Niger.