Movie Description

Moi, un noir

(1959)

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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Original TitleMoi, un noir

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1959-03-12

Original LanguageUnknown

Runtime 01h 10m

Production CompaniesLes Films de la Pléiade

Genres

  • Documentary