Screening Room — Season 1, Episode 28: Screening Room with Jean Rouch

Episode synopsis

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. 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.

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More episodes from Season 1

• E1Screening Room with John Whitney Sr.
• E2Screening Room with Les Blank
• E3Screening Room with Hilary Harris
• E4Screening Room with Bruce Baillie
• E5Screening Room with Robert Fulton
• E6Screening Room with Jan Lenica
• E7Screening Room with John & Faith Hubley
• E8Screening Room with Stan Brakhage
• E9Screening Room with Derek Lamb
• E10Screening Room with Emile de Antonio
• E11Screening Room with Ricky Leacock
• E12Screening Room with Standish Lawder & Stanley Cavell