I, a Negro
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, CĂ´te d'Ivoire for work..
Overview
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, CĂ´te d'Ivoire for work.
Cast
Oumarou Ganda
Edward G. Robinson
Petit Touré
Eddie Constantine
Alassane Maiga
Tarzan
Amadou Demba
Elite
Gambi
Dorothy Lamour
Seydou Guede
Le facteur
Karidyo Faoudou
Petit Jules
Edmond Bernus
L'italien
