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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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