Ethno-fiction: The sociological portrait of a little village in Belgium and the passion of its inhabitants for amateur theatre. In 1895 the theatre group ‘Les amis du plaisir’ was founded. … read more
Hommage to Luc de Heusch
LES AMIS DU PLAISIR TRENTE ANS APRÈS
Friends of Amusement Thirty Years after
Luc de Heusch
Belgium 1995 | 44 Min. | 35 mm, fr. OF
Belgium 1995 | 44 Min. | 35 mm, fr. OF
Thirty years ago Luc de Heusch was documenting the people of Moulbaix at their work and indulging their passion: playing theatre. Now de Heusch comes back to visit the »elders« … read more
This sarcastic ethnographic film reflects the image of eating mankind. We are passing the eighth part of every day having a meal. The rhythm of alimentation at Brussels. A wedding … read more
RWANDA: TABLEAUX D’UNE FEODALITE PASTORALE
Rwanda - Image of a Feudalism Pastoral
Luc de Heusch
Belgium 1955 | 45 Min. | 16 mm, fr. OF
Belgium 1955 | 45 Min. | 16 mm, fr. OF
This film reconstructs the social relationship among Hutu farmers and Tutsi herdsmen in the kingdom of Rwanda after 1900, when the effect of colonisation was less visible. Misago, a poor … read more
SUR LES TRACES DU RENARD PÂLE
RECHERCHES EN PAY DOGON 1931-1983
Luc de Heusch
Belgium 1984 | 48 Min. | 16 mm, OmeU
Belgium 1984 | 48 Min. | 16 mm, OmeU
This film tells the story of the intellectual adventures of Marcel Griaule, the founder of social anthropological fieldwork in France. Since 1931 he dedicated his life to the Dogon, today one of the best known people in West Africa. When Griaule died in Paris in 1956, the Dogon of Sanga honoured him with a traditional funeral ceremony and they buried a doll symbolically. In January 1983 de Heusch meets Germaine Dieterlen – Griaules most important colleague during his Dogon research – and Jean Rouch, who has made documentary films in Dogon country since 1951. Together they start shooting a new film about the trickster hero called »pale fox«, the master of disorder, the troublemaker.
UNE REPUBLIQUE DEVENUE FOLLE - RWANDA 1894-1994
A Republic Country is going crazy - Rwanda 1894-1994
Luc de Heusch
Belgium 1996 | 75 Min. | BetaSP, OmeU
Belgium 1996 | 75 Min. | BetaSP, OmeU
In 1954 Luc de Heusch shot a film illustrating the traditional relationship between Tutsi herdsmen and Hutu farmers in the ancient Central African kingdom of Rwanda. He now tells the … read more