Africa on the Seine

(1955)

★ 6.2 IMDb · 6 votes

Genres: Documentary

Year: 1955

Runtime: 22 мин

Country: Senegal

Director: Paulin Soumanou Vieyra, Mamadou Sarr

Cast: Paulin Soumanou Vieyra, Mamadou Sarr, Marpessa Dawn, Annette M'Baye

Plot

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)