Jean Rouch, The Adventurous Filmmaker

2017 • Directed by

Laurent Védrine

Documentary

Born in 1917, director Jean Rouch had a prolific life producing work encompassing ethnology, surrealism, filmic innovation and African travels. This documentary takes us to the banks of the Niger River, Rouch’s final resting place, to get to know the father of ethno-fiction and cinéma vérité