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.

• Release date
• March 12, 1959
• Runtime
• 70 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• Jean Rouch

Cast

Oumarou Ganda Edward G. Robinson

P

Petit Touré Eddie Constantine

A

Alassane Maiga Tarzan

A

Amadou Demba Elite

G

Gambi Dorothy Lamour

S

Seydou Guede Le facteur

K

Karidyo Faoudou Petit Jules

E

Edmond Bernus L'italien