Documentary · Senegal · 1955 · 22m

Africa on the Seine

Afrique sur Seine

Director

Paulin Soumanou Vieyra Mamadou Sarr

Cast

Paulin Soumanou Vieyra as Mamadou Sarr as Marpessa Dawn as Annette M'Baye as

Crew

Robert Caristan — Director of Photography Paulin Soumanou Vieyra — Editor Mamadou Sarr — Writer

Synopsis

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)

Key Collaborators

Paulin Soumanou Vieyra Director Mamadou Sarr Director Robert Caristan Director of Photography Paulin Soumanou Vieyra Editor Mamadou Sarr Writer

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