Africa on the Seine (1955)

5.4/10 22 min Documentary

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)

Cast

Paulin Soumanou Vieyra

Marpessa Dawn

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