Africa on the Seine (1955)

  • NR
  • 01/02/1955 (FR)
  • Documentary
  • 22m

Overview

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)

Mamadou Sarr

Writer, Director

Paulin Soumanou Vieyra

Director

Cast

Paulin Soumanou Vieyra's headshot

Paulin Soumanou Vieyra

Mamadou Sarr's headshot

Mamadou Sarr

Marpessa Dawn's headshot

Marpessa Dawn

Annette M'Baye's headshot

Annette M'Baye

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