Africa on the Seine

22m
Documentary
5.4

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
Unknown
Mamadou Sarr
Unknown
Marpessa Dawn
Unknown
Annette M'Baye
Unknown

Crew

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

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