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Screening Room: Jean Rouch
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Filmmaker Name:
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Robert Gardner
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Film Length:
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64 min
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Film Year:
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1980
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Duration:
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46-75 min
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Decade:
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1980s
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Collection:
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Screening Room collection
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Language:
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in English
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Color:
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color
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Subject:
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Visual Arts and Media
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Over a period of five decades Jean Rouch made many films about the Songhay and Dogon of West Africa. He also made, with Edgar Morin, the classic documentary, Chronicle of a Summer about the lives of Parisians.
Rouch frequently traveled with his films, showing and talking about them to a wide audience. Regarded as one of the fathers of "Cinéma Vérité" and considered one of the most influential documentary makers of the twentieth century, his films are very difficult to find, particularly in North America.
Jean Rouch appeared on Screening Room in July 1980 and screened Les Maitres Fous as well as several film excerpts including Rhythm of Work and Death of a Priest.
Since his tragic death in Africa in 2004, DER has honored Rouch with a Tribute Site and carries several films about him and his work.
Screening Room was a Boston television series that ran for almost ten years from 1972-1981. It offered independent filmmakers a chance to show and discuss their work on a commercial (ABC-TV) affiliate station. The series was developed and hosted by filmmaker Robert Gardner (Dead Birds, Forest of Bliss). Many of the filmmakers presented on the show - Jan Lenica, John and Faith Hubley, Emile DeAntonio, Jean Rouch, Ricky Leacock, Jonas Mekas, Bruce Baillie, Yvonne Rainer and Michael Snow - are now considered some of the most influential contributors to their respective fields of modern experimental film, documentary, and animation. Nearly 100 programs were produced during the years Screening Room was broadcast. Twenty seven episodes have been edited for release in 3 categories: Animation, Documentary, and Experimental Film.
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