Hommage to Jean Rouch

FRIENDS, FOOLS, FAMILY
“Never film with a hidden camera, never steal images, always involve the others in under­stand­ing the pro­ce­dure, with all that that involves. And that includes giving the people I have filmed the chance to watch these films later.” Using this con­cept of “cinéma vérité” Jean Rouch, born in 1917, goes to work behind the camera. A master of ethno­graph­i­cal films, he has shot around 120 films. Encoun­ters between dif­fer­ent African cul­tures, and the meet­ing of black and white cul­tures play a cen­tral role in Rouch´s cin­e­mat­ic works. 

COCORICO! MONSIEUR POULET

Jean Rouch
France, Niger 1974 | 90 Min. | 35 mm, OF
A film that por­trays the adven­tures of three friends in the Niger­ian bush. Lam decides to travel into the bush in an old 2CV van and with a helper, to … read more

CONVERSATION WITH JEAN ROUCH

Ann McIntosh
USA 2004 | 36 Min. | Video
film still (DER)

This inti­mate, reveal­ing film of con­ver­sa­tions between Jean Rouch and a number of film­mak­ers and friends includ­ing John Mar­shall is unlike any past films on Rouch’s life and work. It was shot over a two-year period, 1978-80 by his friend, Ann Mc-Intosh. There are some fas­ci­nat­ing insights as he dis­cuss­es his method­ol­o­gy with stu­dents at Har­vard and Hamp­shire Col­lege in west­ern Mass­a­chu­setts. He also reflects on war and the role he played as an engi­neer in France during World­war II and lighter moments vaca­tion­ing with his wife. 

FRIENDS, FOOLS, FAMILY

ROUCH'S COLLABORATORS IN NIGER

Anne Mette Jørgensen, Berit Madsen
Denmark 2005 | 83 Min. | DV Cam, OmeU
In 2003 Berit Madsen und Anne Mette Jør­gensen went to Niger to make a film with Damouré Zika, Moussa Hami­dou and Tallou Mouzourane, Rouch’s col­lab­o­ra­tors. The film­mak­ers had seen them … read more

SCREENING ROOM WITH ROBERT GARDNER, JEAN ROUCH

Robert Gardner
USA 1980 | 64 Min. | DVD, OF
SCREENING ROOM was a 1970s Boston tele­vi­sion series that for almost ten years offered inde­pen­dent film­mak­ers a chance to show and dis­cuss their work. The series was devel­oped and hosted … read more