Paulin Soumanou Vieyra, Mamadou Sarr
Afrique sur Seine
French / 1955 / 22m
Not streamingNot currently on the Criterion Channel.
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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