Afrique sur Seine
Often called the first film by Black Africans, shot in Paris in 1955 by Paulin Soumanou Vieyra and friends after France barred them from filming in Africa.
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)
About
- Also known as
- Africa on the Seine
- Languages
- French, Wolof
- Genre
- Documentary
- Running time
- 22 min
- Released
- 1955
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