Jean Rouch Movies

  • 1958
    Une sortie de novices de Sakpata

    Une sortie de novices de Sakpata

    Une sortie de novices de Sakpata

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    Sakpata is one of the main deities of the "Vodoun" pantheon in Benin (Dahomey at the time of filming, in 1958). Initiation into the cult of the...

    Une sortie de novices de Sakpata
  • 1968
    Ayorou Singing Stones

    Ayorou Singing Stones

    Ayorou Singing Stones

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    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...

    Ayorou Singing Stones
  • 1970
    Sigui 1970: The Clamours of Amani

    Sigui 1970: The Clamours of Amani

    Sigui 1970: The Clamours of Amani

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

    Sigui 1970: The Clamours of Amani