Moi, un Noir

Moi, un Noir

70 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 1958

Winner of the prestigious Prix Louis Delluc in 1958, "Moi, un noir" marked Jean Rouch's break with traditional ethnography, and his embrace of the collaborative and improvisatory strategies he called "shared ethnography" and "ethnofiction". The film depicts an ordinary week in the lives of men and women from Niger who have migrated to Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire for work.

Moi, un Noir

70 mins | Documentary | Jan. 1, 1958

Moi, un Noir
Winner of the prestigious Prix Louis Delluc in 1958, "Moi, un noir" marked Jean Rouch's break with traditional ethnography, and his embrace of the collaborative and improvisatory strategies he called "shared ethnography" and "ethnofiction". The film depicts an ordinary week in the lives of men and women from Niger who have migrated to Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire for work.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Les Films de la Pléiade
Original title Moi, un noir
Directors Jean Rouch
Writers Jean Rouch

Cast

Oumarou Ganda

as Edward G. Robinson

Petit Touré

as Eddie Constantine

Alassane Maiga

as Tarzan

Amadou Demba

as Elite

Gambi

as Dorothy Lamour

Seydou Guede

as Le facteur

Karidyo Faoudou

as Petit Jules

Edmond Bernus

as L'italien