Africa on the Seine

Name: Africa on the Seine
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1955
Duration: 22 min
Cast: Paulin Soumanou Vieyra, Mamadou Sarr, Marpessa Dawn, Annette M'Baye

1955

22min

Documentary

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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)