Rouch in Reverse
by Manthia Diawara
Director: Manthia Diawara
Production: Parminder Vir, Formation Films
Editing: Sikay Tang, Justine Krish
Camera: Arthur Jafa, Khalid Frikha
Sound: Bernard Pichon
Country: Mali
Year: 1995
Runtime: 52’
Colour, sound
Language: English
With Jean Rouch.
Malian filmmaker and New York University professor Manthia Diawara introduces a technique he calls ‘reverse anthropology’. By turning the camera on the prominent ethnographic filmmaker Jean Rouch, he opens a dialogue that encourages Africans to create versions of their own past, present and future.
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Upcoming:
Manthia Diawara
mumok, Vienna
12.03.2026
ARTIUM museoa, Vitoria-Gasteiz
14.03.2026
The lecture will be in English. Entry is free and limited to the number of seats available.
Upcoming:
Manthia Diawara
Angela Davis: A World of Greater Freedom
Batoto Yetu Portugal, Caxias
Screening | 15.11.2025 | 14h30
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Samo Tomšic
Freudian Speculations
Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea do Chiado (MNAC)
Seminar | 6–8 May 2026
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