Africa on the Seine

Name: Africa on the Seine
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 22 min
Rating: 54
Cast: Paulin Soumanou Vieyra, Mamadou Sarr, Marpessa Dawn, Annette M'Baye

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StarringPaulin Soumanou VieyraMamadou SarrMarpessa Dawn

DirectorsPaulin Soumanou VieyraMamadou Sarr

WriterMamadou Sarr

NR 22 minDocumentary

Plot

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)

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