The Human Pyramid (1961)
- Original title
- La Pyramide humaine
- Directed by
- Jean Rouch
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 17 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
The film follows black African and white French students at a high school in Abidjan who are asked to improvise their interactions. It explores how their real friendships and tensions develop across racial lines.
experimentalimprovisationalobservationalthought-provokingconversationalreflectivedocumentary-likesocial
What happens
The Human Pyramid (French: La Pyramide humaine) is a 1961 Ivorian docufiction film directed by Jean Rouch. He cast black African and white French students to improvise interactions with each other at an integrated high school in Abidjan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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