I, a Negro

1h 10m
Documentary
7.3

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.

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

Crew

Jean Rouch
Director, Writer, Producer
Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte
Editor
Catherine Dourgnan
Editor
Pierre Braunberger
Executive Producer
André Lubin
Sound Recordist
Joseph Yapi Degre
Original Music Composer
Roger Fleytoux
Production Manager

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