I, a Negro

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 12, 1959

Original language

French

Spoken languages

French

Countries

France

Production

Les Films de la Pléiade

Cast

Karidyo Faoudou,Gambi,Amadou Demba,Alassane Maiga,Oumarou Ganda,Petit Touré,Seydou Guede,Edmond Bernus

Director

Jean Rouch

Writer

Jean Rouch

Producer

Jean Rouch,Pierre Braunberger

Music

Joseph Yapi Degre

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0051942