J. Hoberman presents Moi, un noir
About This Event
James Hoberman, the American film critic and longtime Village Voice senior critic who coined the term "vulgar modernism," presents Moi, un noir at L'Alliance New York. His decades as a critic, journalist and academic offer historical and critical context for the screening rather than promotional commentary.
About Moi, un noir
Now playing at L’Alliance New York, *Moi, un noir* is presented with live context from film critic J. Hoberman, whose work has long linked cinema to the street-level pressures of modern life. Jean Rouch’s film follows young Nigerien migrants in Abidjan as they narrate their own days, drifting between work, fantasy, and borrowed movie identities. In New York, it lands as an early marker of modern docu-fiction and a key reference point for how documentary can admit performance without losing its social record.
About the Artist
J. Hoberman
James Lewis Hoberman is an American film critic, journalist, author and academic. He began working at The Village Voice in the 1970s, became a full-time staff writer in 1983, and was the newspaper's senior film critic from 1988 to 2012.