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Moi, un noir ([mwa œ̃ nwaʁ], "Me, a Black [person]"; also released as I, a Negro) is a 1958 French ethnofiction film directed by Jean Rouch. The film is set in Abidjan , Ivory Coast . Synopsis
The subject of the film was the Hauka movement. The Hauka movement consisted of mimicry and dancing to become possessed by British Colonial administrators. The participants performed the same elaborate military ceremonies of their colonial occupiers, but in more of a trance than true recreation.
In 1957 Rouch directed Moi, un noir in Côte d'Ivoire with the young Nigerien filmmaker Oumarou Ganda, who had recently returned from French military service in Indochina. Ganda became the first great Nigerien film director and actor.
Filmed as a silent ethnographic piece, Zika helped re-edit the film into a feature-length movie which stood somewhere between documentary and fiction, and provided dialog and commentary for a 1967 release. [9] In 1957 Rouch directed in Côte d'Ivoire Moi un noir with the young Nigerian filmmaker Oumarou Ganda. [3]
1958 : Moi un noir; 1958 : Elèves-maîtres; 1958 : Le Chant du styrène by Alain Resnais (short) 1958 : Ces gens de Paris; 1958 : Bonjour, Monsieur La Bruyère; 1958 : Au bon coin; 1958 : L'Américain se détend; 1959 : Tous les garçons s'appellent Patrick (All the Boys Are Called Patrick) 1960 : L'Amour existe by Maurice Pialat (short)
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