Jean Rouch : Premier film : 1947-1991 / a film by Dominique Dubosc.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication Info | Watertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources, 2005. |
| Description | 1 streaming video (27 min.) |
| Supplemental Content | Access restricted to subscribers |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Dubosc, Dominique. |
| Other author/creator | Centre national de la cinématographie (France) |
| Other author/creator | Documentary Educational Resources (Firm) |
| Other author/creator | Kinofilm. |
| Other author/creator | SEPT (Television station : France) |
| Parallel title | Jean Rouch : first film, 1947-1991 |
| Abstract | Filmmaker Jean Rouch improvises a new commentary for his first film made in 1947, "In the land of the Black Magi" (Au pays des mages noirs). He explains the sacrifices he made due to the producer ; his footage was re-edited with a new ending, new titles, stock footage, "tropical muzak," and a newsreel-style narration heavy on drama and highlighting the exotic. Here the insight of Rouch emerges as he "finishes" and restores the film, improvising a new commentary and transforming it into a new form in which the film's true meaning is illuminated and the humanity of the subjects restored. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Originally produced in 1991 by Kinofilm, with La Sept and CNC. |
| Language | In French with English subtitles. |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |