Moi, un Noir
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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Moi, un Noir
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Mar 12, 1959
Runtime
1h 10m
Genres
Documentary
User Score
73%
Original Title
Moi, un noir
Production Companies
Les Films de la Pléiade
Director
Jean Rouch
Description
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.