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Rouch’s Gang (1998 Video)

Director

Steef Meyknecht; Dirk Nijland; Joost Verhey

Subject

Media studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 70 min., 1999 sale: US$220.00 (+p&p) PAL version

In 1991 Jean Rouch started work on his feature film MADAME L’EAU, much of which was shot in Holland. This documentary follows the film crew and provides a glimpse behind the scenes as Jean Rouch and his...

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Chronicle of a Summer

Date

20 Jan 2016, 17:57

Author

Sergio Angelini

Post Type

BUFVC Review

Chronicle of a Summer (1960).  2013. GB. DVD + Blu-ray (dual format release). 90 minutes (+ 130 minutes extras). BFI Video. £19.99 About the Reviewer: Dr Stephen Forcer is Lecturer in French Studies at...

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Rouch in Reverse (1995 Video)

Director

Manthia Diawara

Producer

Parminder Vir

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Hire Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min.

A tribute to Jean Rouch’s importance to anthropology and to film history, but uses his ‘shared anthropology’ method to show the ambiguity of anthropology in the formation of African identity. Rouch...

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Jean Rouch - Premier Film 1947-1991 (1991)

Director

Dominique DuBosc

Subject

Anthropology; Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0, 27 minutes), $145.00

The director, Dominique Dubosc gives Jean Rouch the opportunity to improvise a new commentary for his first film made in 1947, In the Land of the Black Magi (Au pays des mages noirs) of a Songhay possession...

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Jean Rouch

Director

Jean Rouch

Subject

Anthropology; Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 660 minutes), 55 euros

A 4-DVD collection of the films of anthropologist Jean Rouch, with short introductions by Bernard Surugue to put each film in historical context. NB French language only. DVD 1 - Ciné-Transe Includes: Les...

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Maitres Fous, Les (1955 Film)

aka: Mad Masters, The

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Shows a ceremony of the Hauka, a religious sect in West Africa, and explores questions of dependence, domination and synthesis. During trance possession the participants of the ceremony reflect traditional...

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Tracking the Pale Fox: Studies on the Dogon (1983 Video)

Director

Luc de Heusch

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Hire (RAI Film & Video Library) Sale (RAI), Videocassette. VHS. col. 48 min., 2000 hire: £15.00 (+VAT +p&p) 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Presents the history of research on the Dogon since the famous 1931 expedition of Marcel Griaule, establishing the original expedition in the context of French anthropology at the time. Jean Rouch,...

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Roi Africain et Sa Musique de Cour, Un (1996 Video)

Director

Jean Rouch; Gilbert Rouget

Subject

Anthropology; Dance; Music

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS (PAL). col. 30 min., 1996 sale: 220.00FF (+p&p) (video only) 1996 sale: 700.00FF (+p&p) (video, CDs and book)

A video-based package, with film of songs and dances carried out by the wives of King Gbèfa (1948-1976) from the palace at Porto-Novo in Benin. The women sing long poems ‘a capella’ while resting on...

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Shooting Freetown (2011)

Director

Kieran Hanson

Subject

Anthropology; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 29 minutes), £15.00

A decade since Sierra Leone’s devastating civil war, from the ashes rises a new dawn of creativity in audio-visual media. Inspired by Jean Rouch’s ‘shared anthropology’ and ‘ethno-fiction’,...

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Chronicle of a Summer (1961 Video)

aka: Chronique d’Un Eté

Director

Jean Rouch

Subject

Film studies; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 90 minutes), £19.99

Pioneering cinéma verité documentary consisting of a series of interviews with a variety of real-life individuals in Paris and Saint-Tropez. The result is a film that questions the level of reality and...

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