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Africa on the Seine

1955Directed by Paulin Soumanou Vieyra, Mamadou Sarr

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Released: January 2, 1955
Runtime: 22m

About Africa on the Seine

Documentary

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)

Directors: Paulin Soumanou Vieyra
Mamadou Sarr
Writer: Mamadou Sarr
Original title: Afrique sur Seine

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