Damouré Zika
Biography: Damouré Zika was a Nigerien traditional healer, broadcaster, and film actor. Coming from a long line of traditional healers in the Sorko ethnic group of western Niger, Zika appeared in many of the films of French director Jean Rouch, becoming one of Niger's first actors.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 01, 1924
Deathday: April 06, 2009
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Battle on the Great River
1950-12-31
Battle on the Great River
Overview: In 1946 ethnographic researcher Rouch had attempted to film a "Bangaoui," a hippopotamus hunt along the river Niger, but the results were unsatisfactory.Five years later, he returns and makes the extra effort to get it right this time.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1950-12-31
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The Exile
1980-01-02
The Exile
Overview: Based on a traditional African tale. A king has the habit whilst walking in disguise on the streets of his kingdom to listen to the wishes of his own people. One day he overhears two brothers daydreaming out loud about marrying the king's daughters, even if that meant being beheaded one year later. The weddings take place and one of the brother is decapitated one year later. The other one escapes execution at his wife's insistence. On a long journey full of surprising incidents, our hero himself becomes king of a village with wives and subjects. However, his earlier promise haunts him, and in order to save his family he accepts to be sacrificed.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1980-01-02
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Saitane
1973-01-02
Saitane
Overview: A sorcerer (played by the director himself) controls all activities in a village. Manipulating the different parties, the sorcerer promises love, good health and riches in exchange for the most extravagant rewards. One day someone exposes him, and the sorcerer becomes the laughing stock of the whole village. Desperate, he throws himself of a cliff.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-01-02
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Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken
1974-01-01
Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken
Overview: The story follows three poultry sellers on a trip across the bush, attempting to deliver a load of chickens to a market in Niamey.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1974-01-01
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Damouré Speaks About AIDS
1992-01-01
Damouré Speaks About AIDS
Overview: When the male nurse Damouré Zika talks about AIDS with his two friends Lam and Tallou, under the admiring eye of his own wife Lobo, who is a nurse's aide, it is because he believes that AIDS is a "disease of love that can only be conquered by love." And this right to love has only one passport for the moment: the condom, on whose use he gives an incredible demonstration.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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Toula, or the Genie of the Water
1973-01-01
Toula, or the Genie of the Water
Overview: The gods have declared the drought of the country. There seems to be no hope. A holy man summoned by the king requires the sacrifice of a young woman to put an end to their anger. A young man in love decides to go in search of water to save the girl from a tragic end, but when he returns with good news it's too late: the genie had his satisfaction and Toula has already disappeared in the holy swamp.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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Madame l'eau
1993-02-25
Madame l'eau
Overview: "Their land drought-stricken, three Nigerien farmers (and their donkey) travel to Holland to investigate the possibility of importing windmill technology for use on the plains of Niger. A follow-up to JAGUAR, PETIT À PETIT, and COCORICO MONSIEUR POULET! – undertaken with his longtime filmmaking partners Damouré Zika, Lam Ibrahima Dia, and Tallou Mouzourane – Rouch’s feature is a surreal tale of mythic proportions, full of antic humor and poetic digressions. But beyond the laughs and reveries, MADAME L’EAU is also a poignant commentary on the ‘poisoned gifts’ brought to West Africa by development projects. As Faye Ginsburg once remarked, this is a film about what the world would look like “if Jean Rouch was the president of the World Bank.”" - Anthology Film Archives
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-02-25
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Little by Little
1970-08-22
Little by Little
Overview: An African travels to Paris to learn about the construction of tall buildings, but is soon taken up with the oddities of French life.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-08-22
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Babatou, Three Pieces of Advice
1976-01-01
Babatou, Three Pieces of Advice
Overview: Once upon a time, in the middle of the last century, a great warrior named Babatou. Nigerian jumper from the region Dounga Gurunsi invaded the country and settled there. The brave prisoners were integrated into the army, women espoused. For fifty years, the adventurous young people from Niger Babatou went to live in the epic.
Genres: War
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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Jaguar
1967-09-03
Jaguar
Overview: Jaguar, a kind of road movie on foot, tells of the journey of three friends, Damouré, Lam and Illo, on their way to the Gold Coast where they hope to make a fortune in order to return to their village in a few months.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-09-03
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VW-Voyou
1973-01-01
VW-Voyou
Overview: A man rides a VW Beetle through the plains of Niger.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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Giraffe Football or “The Alternative”
1973-01-01
Giraffe Football or “The Alternative”
Overview: It's the final of the giraffe football world championship. The 403 and the 504 are in the final. The referee gives the instructions and the cars rush in pursuit of the giraffe.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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Cousin, cousine
1987-01-01
Cousin, cousine
Overview: Mariama and Damouré, two cousins, are in Venice looking for a relic—or fetish—lost a long time ago, as in one of Gentile Bellini’s famous paintings. Moving from the Grand Canal to the Niger River, the two mischievous cousins reveal to us that the relic is none other than the ritual ax of Dongo.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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I'm Tired of Standing, I Lie Down
1997-02-22
I'm Tired of Standing, I Lie Down
Overview: Two parts magical drama and one part straight documentary, this outing from famed ethnographic filmmaker Jean Rouch is set somewhere in Nigeria near a small village.
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-02-22
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