Jean Rouch Movies

Dogon funerary rites in the village of Ireli at the foot of the Bandiagara cliffs, Mali.

Directed by Jean Rouch.

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...

In Mali, women's funeral rite takes place in the village of Bongo, in Dogon country.

The second year of the Sigui ceremonies, celebrated every sixty years by the Dogons of the Bandiagara cliffs, Mali, takes place in the village of...

The seventh year of the Sigui ceremonies, celebrated every sixty years by the Dogons of the Bandiagara cliffs, Mali.

Directed by Jean Rouch.

On 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...

A young African couple discusses the influence of the West on their traditions. They discuss at length love, polygamy, bourgeois marriage, the...

A film by Jean Rouch.

Directed by Jean Rouch.

Traditional houses and new architecture in Ayorou, an island on the River Niger in the archipelago of Tillaberi. The village and its activities; the...

A group of factory workers in post-independence Mozambique perform a ritual of song describing their work in South African gold mines and decrying...

A short film about two mothers from Niger and how they care for their children.

A woman's funeral in Ghana.

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...

The third year of the Sigui ceremonies, celebrated every sixty years by the Dogons of the Bandiagara cliffs, Mali, takes place in the village of...

Directed by Jean Rouch.