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Africa on the Seine (1955)

★ 5.4/10 22 min Documentary Senegal French
Writer: Mamadou Sarr
Streaming: Not available

Description

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)

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Paulin Soumanou Vieyra
Paulin Soumanou Vieyra
Mamadou Sarr
Marpessa Dawn
Marpessa Dawn
Annette M'Baye

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