Afrique-sur-Seine (1955)
- Original title
- Afrique sur Seine
- Directed by
- Mamadou Sarr, Paulin Soumanou Vieyra
- Genre
- fiction
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 22 min
- Rating
- 5.4 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This French short film follows a group of African students living in Paris in the 1950s. It shows their daily lives and experiences away from home.
observationalnostalgiccontemplativemildly melancholicgroundedreflectivestraightforward
What happens
Afrique-sur-Seine is a French film produced by Jacques Mélo Kane, Mamadou Sarr and Paulin Soumanou Vieyra in 1955. One of the first short features produced by Africans, filmed in Paris in 1955, it has been called the beginning of African cinema. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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