Africa on the Seine

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Audience Score
54
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NR 22 minDocumentary
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)
StarringPaulin Soumanou VieyraMamadou SarrMarpessa Dawn
DirectorsPaulin Soumanou VieyraMamadou Sarr
WriterMamadou Sarr

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Original Language:French