Africa on the Seine (1955)
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
Recommendations
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
Naqoyqatsi
OLIVIA RODRIGO: driving home 2 u (a SOUR film)
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
180° South
Dahomey
Varda by Agnès
Sans Soleil
Daguerréotypes
Being James Bond
Capital in the Twenty-First Century
The Irishman: In Conversation
A Love Song for Latasha
Above Majestic
My Mom Jayne
American Boy: A Profile of Steven Prince
Amazing Grace
David Byrne's American Utopia
More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead
Bambi: A Tale of Life in the Woods