Damouré Zika
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.
Battle on the Great River
as uncreditedIn 1946 ethnographic researcher Rouch had attempted to film a "Bangaoui," a hippopotamus hunt...
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Jaguar
as uncreditedJaguar, a kind of road movie on foot, tells of the journey of three friends, Damouré, Lam and...
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Little by Little
as uncreditedAn African travels to Paris to learn about the construction of tall buildings, but is soon taken...
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Saitane
as uncreditedA sorcerer (played by the director himself) controls all activities in a village. Manipulating...
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Cock-A-Doodle-Doo! Mr Chicken
as uncreditedThe story follows three poultry sellers on a trip across the bush, attempting to deliver a load...
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Toula, or the Genie of the Water
as uncreditedThe gods have declared the drought of the country. There seems to be no hope. A holy man...
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Babatou, Three Pieces of Advice
as uncreditedOnce upon a time, in the middle of the last century, a great warrior named Babatou. Nigerian...
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VW-Voyou
as uncreditedA man rides a VW Beetle through the plains of Niger.
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Damouré Speaks About AIDS
as uncreditedWhen the male nurse Damouré Zika talks about AIDS with his two friends Lam and Tallou, under the...
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Giraffe Football or “The Alternative”
as uncreditedIt's the final of the giraffe football world championship. The 403 and the 504 are in the final....
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Cousin, cousine
as uncreditedMariama and Damouré, two cousins, are in Venice looking for a relic—or fetish—lost a long time...
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