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'Afrique-sur-Seine' is a French film produced by Jacques Mlo 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.

Synopsis



Denied the authorisation he needed to film in Sngal under the Laval Decree, Viera decided to film his first short feature in Paris. The film recounts the life of African students in Paris, their encounters and the nostalgia they felt far from their native land.

Credits



* Title : 'Afrique-sur-Seine'

* Production : Jacques Mlo Kane, Mamadou Sarr, Paulin Soumanou Vieyra

* Screenplay : Mamadou Sarr



* Montage : Paulin Soumanou Vieyra

* Country of origin of producers : Bnin, France, French Guiana, Sngal

* Production : Groupe africain de cinma

* Language : French

* Format : 16 mm, black and white

* Genre : fiction

* Length : 21 minutes

Distribution



* Marpessa Dawn

* Philippe Mory

See also



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* Cinema of Africa

Notes and references




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