It was edited by a french news company, using images he had shot but organised into. Jean rouch was a great filmmaker and a great human being. Robinson, eddie constantine, and tarzan yes, theyre movie buffs. The arrival of nadine, a new student, in the abidjan lyceum is the starting point for a discussion about interratial relationships. The first film in jean rouchs filmography is not his first film at all. In mammy water, jean rouch depicts the surf boys of the coastal village of shama, at the foot of the pra river. A landmark of documentary cinema, rouchs stylistic innovations here exerted a profound influence on the french new wave, and his collaborative process helped bolster the national cinemas of west africa.
To set a reading intention, click through to any list item, and look for the panel on the left hand side. With oumarou ganda, gambi, petit toure, alassane maiga. Discovering a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the jean rouch directed movie via subscription can be tricky, so we. It is, therefore, a film which is certainly not produced by raoul levy. Looking back at the conspiratorial ethnography of jean rouch notes for the cultural historian of film an act of social historiography which addresses cinema aims to calculate the importance of films within a world larger than film. Coffret jean rouch test dvd edition zone 2 editions. Termed by jeanluc godard the best french film since. Jean rouch comite du film ethnographique festival jean rouch. Jean rouch spent nine months amongst his ethnographic subjects and allowed them to tell their own story in a very personal way, inherently challenging the rules of the field. Godard said of rouch in the cahiers du cinema notebooks on cinema n94 april 1959, in charge he is considered to be one of the founders of cinemaverite in france, which shared the aesthetics of the direct cinema spearheaded by.
Jean luc godard in principle, an african could have made it, but none of us were in a position to do so at the time. A complex portrait of nigerian migrants in abidjan, the ivory coast. Treichville is a poor suburb of abidjah, the capital of ivory coast and the destination of the two protagonists in this docudrama by jean rouch. Robinson, eddie constantine et tarzan, quittent leur village du niger pour trouver du travail a abidjan. This early film is even more playful and irreverent. I, a negro depicts young nigerien immigrants who left their country to find.
Artists, factory workers, office employees, students and others open. Looking back at the conspiratorial ethnography of jean rouch. Jean rouch films et photogrammes, avec 1 dvd livre dvd. Jean rouchs first great feature was a major influence on the french new wave. Shot in color by rouch himself with commentary by oumarou ganda robinson, later a director himself. Discovering a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the jean rouchdirected movie via subscription can be tricky, so we. Jean rouch did not go into this film with any particular idea.
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