ethnographic film

1928 Documentary ‘Travels in the Congo’ Reveals Allégret and Gide’s Colonial Sentiments

1928 Documentary ‘Travels in the Congo’ Reveals Allégret and Gide’s Colonial Sentiments

Marc Allégret and André Gide’s 1928 documentary Travels in the Congo overlooks colonialist crimes.

Ethnofiction and the Films of Jean Rouch

Ethnofiction and the Films of Jean Rouch

The African “dialogues” with Western culture, as twisted here in Eight Films by Jean Rouch to suit the purposes of those exposed to it, reflects the wider idea of “dialectics” between filmmakers and subjects.

SFIFF Spotlight: Documentary Cinema