This is a selective list of video holdings in the American University Library. Filmographies are created by doing multiple keyword searches in the catalog to capture as many titles on a topic as possible.
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La chasse au lion l'arc = The Lion hunters. 1966,1 streaming video file (77 min.). dir. Jean Rouch Shot over a period of seven years (1958-1965), the film is a documentation of lion hunting, using bows and arrows, among the Fula and Songhay people of Niger, and the social structure that underlies it. NIGER / FRANCE. DVD 16002 and .
Jaguar. 1996, 1 streaming video file (88 min.). One of Jean Rouch's classic ethnofictions, the film follows three young Songhay men from Niger--Lam Ibrahim, Illo Goudel'ize, and the legendary performer Damouré Zika--on a journey to the Gold Coast (modern day Ghana). NIGER. Streaming video.
Petit à petit. 1970, 1 streaming video file (92 min.). An innovative semi-improvised feature film about young men from Niger exploring life in Paris and learning to appreciate traditional values back home. Like Jaguar, and starring the three main actors from that film, Petit à Petit is an exercise in what Rouch called ethno-fiction, an idiosyncratic blend of fiction and observational documentary. FRANCE / NIGER. Streaming video.