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. 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. It was edited by a french news company, using images he had shot but organised into. 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. 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. It is, therefore, a film which is certainly not produced by raoul levy. Robinson, eddie constantine et tarzan, quittent leur village du niger pour trouver du travail a abidjan.
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. Robinson, eddie constantine, and tarzan yes, theyre movie buffs. To set a reading intention, click through to any list item, and look for the panel on the left hand side. Artists, factory workers, office employees, students and others open. I, a negro depicts young nigerien immigrants who left their country to find. The arrival of nadine, a new student, in the abidjan lyceum is the starting point for a discussion about interratial relationships. In mammy water, jean rouch depicts the surf boys of the coastal village of shama, at the foot of the pra river. Coffret jean rouch test dvd edition zone 2 editions. Jean rouch comite du film ethnographique festival jean rouch. Jeanluc godard i feel that up to now two films of value have been made on africa. Jean rouchs first great feature was a major influence on the french new wave. The director of the admirable jaguar does not track down truth because it is scandalous but because it is amusing, tragic, graceful, eccentric, what you will.
The first film in jean rouchs filmography is not his first film at all. Looking back at the conspiratorial ethnography of jean rouch. Discovering a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the jean rouchdirected movie via subscription can be tricky, so we. Shot in color by rouch himself with commentary by oumarou ganda robinson, later a director himself. Termed by jeanluc godard the best french film since. 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. This early film is even more playful and irreverent.
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