Documentary · France · 1959 · 1h 10m

I, a Negro

Moi, un noir

I, a Negro poster
Director
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
Crew
Catherine Dourgnan — Editor Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte — Editor Joseph Yapi Degre — Original Music Composer Jean Rouch — Writer Jean Rouch — Producer
Synopsis

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.

Key Collaborators
Jean Rouch Director Catherine Dourgnan Editor Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte Editor Joseph Yapi Degre Original Music Composer Jean Rouch Writer Jean Rouch Producer
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