Africa on the Seine (1955)

Name: Africa on the Seine
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1955-01-02
Duration: 22 min
Cast: Paulin Soumanou Vieyra, Mamadou Sarr, Marpessa Dawn, Annette M'Baye

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)