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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, Côte d'Ivoire for work.

Top Cast

  • Oumarou Ganda

    Oumarou Ganda

    Edward G. Robinson

  • Petit Touré

    Petit Touré

    Eddie Constantine

  • Alassane Maiga

    Alassane Maiga

    Tarzan

  • Amadou Demba

    Amadou Demba

    Elite

  • Gambi

    Gambi

    Dorothy Lamour

  • Seydou Guede

    Seydou Guede

    Le facteur

  • Karidyo Faoudou

    Karidyo Faoudou

    Petit Jules

  • Edmond Bernus

    Edmond Bernus

    L'italien

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, Côte d'Ivoire for work.

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