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I'm Tired of Standing, I Lie Down Trailer (1997)
22 February 1997
Two parts magical drama and one part straight documentary, this outing from famed ethnographic filmmaker Jean Rouch is set somewhere in Nigeria near a small village.
Funeral at Bongo: The Death of Old Anai Trailer (1979)
25 June 1979
In 1972, the Dogon of the Bandiagara cliff in Mali celebrated the funeral of Anaï Dolo, head of the Bongo Masks Society, who died at the age of 122.
Germaine et ses copains Trailer (1996)
01 January 1996
In Sangha, through the window of her house, Germaine greets Djamgouno, her main informant. He then translates for her a conversation she has with a half-blind old man.
Pam Kuso Kar (Breaking Pam's Vases) Trailer (1974)
01 January 1974
In February 1974, Pam Sambo Zima, the oldest of the priests of possession in Niamey, Niger, died at the age of seventy-plus years.
Dogon Drums, Elements of a Study in Rhythm Trailer (1966)
01 January 1966
The young goat herders from the cliff of Bandiagara practice on the stone drums of their ancestors. An ethnomusicological film experiment describing the subtle plays of the right and left hand of Dogon drummers.
Germaine chez elle Trailer (1994)
01 January 1994
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 the 1930s.
Hommage à Marcel Mauss. Germaine Dieterlen Trailer (1977)
01 January 1977
Germaine Dierterlen talks about Dogon mythology at a conference on the Bandiagara cliffs. The Songo canopy is a sacred site in Bandiagara.
Damouré Speaks About AIDS Trailer (1992)
01 January 1992
When 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 nurse's aide, it is because he believes that AIDS is a "disease of love that can only be conquered by love.
Zomo et ses frères Trailer (1975)
01 January 1975
A portrait of Zomo, the second of Damouré Zika’s many children. Employed at the zoo of the National Museum of Niger in Niamey, he offers us a tour, showing us the animals he takes care of.
Ciné-Portrait of Raymond Depardon Trailer (1983)
01 January 1983
A fortuitous meeting, late one afternoon, in the garden of the Tuileries, of one or two cameras, a tape recorder, and three cameramen/directors, Raymond Depardon, Jean Rouch, and Philippe Costantini.
Margaret Mead: A Portrait By a Friend Trailer (1978)
04 October 1978
Jean Rouch filmed this loving and humorous portrait of anthropologist and filmmaker Margaret Mead in September 1977 while he was a guest of the first Margaret Mead Film Festival.
Liberté, égalité, fraternité, et puis après... Trailer (1990)
01 January 1990
On 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 reconcile the spirits of Napoleon Bonaparte and Toussaint L’Overture, the Haitian revolutionary who died as a prisoner of the French Emperor.
Niger Festivals: December 1961 - Niger Independence Days Trailer (1962)
01 January 1962
Commemorative celebrations of the independence of the Republic of Niger filmed in December 1961 and 1962.
L'Afrique et la recherche scientifique Trailer (1964)
01 January 1964
This documentary offers an overview of French scientific research in Africa French scientific research in Africa: hydrology, botany, biology oil palm and coconut cultivation, industrial sea fishing and and urban planning.
Nationality: Immigrant Trailer (1976)
07 January 1976
A Mauritanian worker, Sidi, works in France. Like most immigrant workers, he is employed to do the most difficult and dangerous jobs.
Yenendi de Ganghel (Rain Dance at Ganghel) Trailer (1968)
01 January 1968
Lightning struck the hut of a Fulani shepherd near a village of settled fishermen, Ganghel, in Niger.
Hampi Trailer (1962)
07 May 1962
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.
Drums from the Past Trailer (1971)
01 January 1971
Filmed in May 1971 in Niger, this short documentary records a possession ritual performed by the Simiri people in response to a locust invasion.
Horendi Trailer (1972)
01 January 1972
A seven-day initiation ceremony is documented in which two women undergo ritual healing following a diagnosis of spirit possession, presented without narration, intertitles, or explanatory commentary.
The Lion Hunters Trailer (1966)
15 October 1966
Etnographic documentary about lion hunting in Africa.
Makwayela Trailer (1977)
11 May 1977
A group of factory workers in post-independence Mozambique perform a ritual of song describing their work in South African gold mines and decrying the evils of apartheid.
