"Tourou et Bitti", an eight minute documentary concerning a ritual in Niger, is yet another example of Rouch's excellence in creating documentaries which surpass the conventional documentary format. Just as frightening and fascinating as "Les maîtres fous", this one goes straight into the roots of ancient African cultures, in which music has an hypnotic effect, being at the same time an exorcism and a public show. Both the female and the male dancers are almost deities about to be unleashed... Spectral and humanitarian.

Out of State is the unlikely story of native Hawaiians men discovering their native culture as priso...

Christine attends her first and last prom accompanied by Martin Fredericksen

The remarkable spirit of tap dancers and their history provides a joyous backdrop for intimate portr...

When a Mongolian nomadic family's newest camel colt is rejected by its mother, a musician is needed ...

The documentary portrayed one of the most established dance companies in Hong Kong which has a histo...
Olivier Assayas’ Eldorado is a riveting documentary chronicling the efforts of Ballet Preljocaj to c...

An Austrian director followed five successful African music and dance artists with his camera and fo...
They are young, all-American girls who enjoy horse riding, karate and Sherlock Holmes. But there's m...

A documentary following the conscious evolution of electronic music culture and the spiritual moveme...

By drawing a parallel between the Indian Durga Puja festival and other forms of celebrating the divi...
This short documentary describes the process and inspiration behind the creation and performance of ...
Rites and operation of the circumcision of thirty Songhai children on the Niger. Material of this fi...
Released on DVD as part of The Criterion Collection's "Martha Graham: Dance on Film" collection.
While no wrestling is actually depicted, Atilogivu: The Story of a Wrestling Match documents gymnast...

Canadas contemporary dance group La La La Human Steps performs Édouard Lock's "Human Sex" .

A quickfire portrait of the New York City ballroom scene in the ‘80s.
A short dance film in Pathécolor, also know as stencil colouring. The editing cuts correspond with t...

A dance group rehearses for their latest performance Inabitáveis about black homosexuality. While th...

How’s the Big Everything? Garba asks Nicole. For them, the “Big Everything” encompasses family, poli...