Movies: Damouré Zika
- 1966
The Lion Hunters (1966)
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Etnographic documentary about lion hunting in Africa....
- 1955
The Mad Masters (1955)
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The subject of the film was the Hauka movement. The Hauka movement consisted of mimicry and dancing to become possessed by French Colonial administrators. The participants performed the same elaborate military ceremonies of their colonial occupiers, ...
- 1970
Little by Little (1970)
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An African travels to Paris to learn about the construction of tall buildings, but is soon taken up with the oddities of French life....
- 1967
Jaguar (1967)
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Jaguar, a kind of road movie on foot, tells of the journey of three friends, Damouré, Lam and Illo, on their way to the Gold Coast where they hope to make a fortune in order to return to their village in a few months....
- 1976
Babatou, Three Pieces of Advice (1976)
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Once upon a time, in the middle of the last century, a great warrior named Babatou. Nigerian jumper from the region Dounga Gurunsi invaded the country and settled there. The brave prisoners were integrated into the army, women espoused. For fifty yea...
- 1974
Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken (1974)
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The story follows three poultry sellers on a trip across the bush, attempting to deliver a load of chickens to a market in Niamey....
- 1973
Saitane (1973)
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A sorcerer (played by the director himself) controls all activities in a village. Manipulating the different parties, the sorcerer promises love, good health and riches in exchange for the most extravagant rewards. One day someone exposes him, and th...
- 1980
The Exile (1980)
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Based on a traditional African tale. A king has the habit whilst walking in disguise on the streets of his kingdom to listen to the wishes of his own people. One day he overhears two brothers daydreaming out loud about marrying the king's daughters, ...
- 1962
Hampi (1962)
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A ritual vase, the hampi, is placed in the center of the Musée de plein air de la République du Niger in Niamey, during a ritual ceremony featuring possession dances. With this film, Jean Rouch continues his ethnological and cinematographic study of ...
- 1987
Cousin, cousine (1987)
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Mariama and Damouré, two cousins, are in Venice looking for a relic—or fetish—lost a long time ago, as in one of Gentile Bellini’s famous paintings. Moving from the Grand Canal to the Niger River, the two mischievous cousins reveal to us that the re...
- 1953
Mammy Water (1953)
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"Mammy Water" is mother sea, source of food. Jean Rouch filmed this short documentary in the Gulf of Guinea, in Ghana, where is held a colorful festival, the Chama, in which the participants offer cassava, gin and tobacco to the spirits of water and ...
- 1993
Madame l'eau (1993)
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"Their land drought-stricken, three Nigerien farmers (and their donkey) travel to Holland to investigate the possibility of importing windmill technology for use on the plains of Niger. A follow-up to JAGUAR, PETIT À PETIT, and COCORICO MONSIEUR POUL...
- 1997
I'm Tired of Standing, I Lie Down (1997)
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Two parts magical drama and one part straight documentary, this outing from famed ethnographic filmmaker Jean Rouch is set somewhere in Nigeria near a small village....
- 1950
Battle on the Great River (1950)
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In 1946 ethnographic researcher Rouch had attempted to film a "Bangaoui," a hippopotamus hunt along the river Niger, but the results were unsatisfactory.Five years later, he returns and makes the extra effort to get it right this time....
- 1973
Toula, or the Genie of the Water (1973)
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The gods have declared the drought of the country. There seems to be no hope. A holy man summoned by the king requires the sacrifice of a young woman to put an end to their anger. A young man in love decides to go in search of water to save the girl ...
- 1992
Damouré Speaks About AIDS (1992)
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When the male nurse Damouré Zika talks about AIDS with his two friends Lam and Tallou, under the admiring eye of his own wife Lobo, who is a nurse's aide, it is because he believes that AIDS is a "disease of love that can only be conquered by love." ...
- 1973
VW-Voyou (1973)
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A man rides a VW Beetle through the plains of Niger....
- 1973
Giraffe Football or “The Alternative” (1973)
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It's the final of the giraffe football world championship. The 403 and the 504 are in the final. The referee gives the instructions and the cars rush in pursuit of the giraffe....