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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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