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Africa on the Seine (1955)
Directed by Paulin Soumanou Vieyra, Mamadou Sarr
Documentary · 22m
This film is widely regarded as the first film made by an African south of the Sahara. Labelled an “ethnological documentary in reverse,” it shows 1950s Paris from the cinematic perspective of a group of African immigrants. (Mubi)
Cast
Paulin Soumanou Vieyra
Marpessa Dawn
Crew
- Director
- Paulin Soumanou Vieyra, Mamadou Sarr
- Writer
- Mamadou Sarr
- Director of Photography
- Robert Caristan
- Editor
- Paulin Soumanou Vieyra
Details
- Original title
- Afrique sur Seine
- Release date
- 1955-01-02
- Runtime
- 22m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French, Wolof
- Countries
- Senegal, France
- Production
- Groupe Africain