Paulin Soumanou Vieyra
Benin-born, Senegal-raised filmmaker, theorist, and historian Paulin Soumanou Vieyra was a key figure, as both practitioner and thinker, in the creation and articulation of what a post-colonial African cinema would and could be. Along with producing essential texts like “Film and the Problem of Languages in Africa“ and “Remarks on African Cinema,” founding the important Fédération Panafricaine des Cinéastes, and mentoring the likes of Ousmane Sembène, Djibril Diop Mambéty, and Ababacar Samb-Makharam, Vieyra turned out a vital body of film work, documenting the birth of a new continental consciousness.
Devil in the Flesh
as uncreditedIn France during World War I, Marthe waits for her husband, Jacques, while he fights on the...
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After Love
as A passerby (uncredited)Betrayed by his wife, a teacher proceeds to have an affair with a young and pretty student. The...
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Africa on the Seine
as uncreditedThis film is widely regarded as the first film made by an African south of the Sahara. Labelled...
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Emile the African
as Passer-by (uncredited)Émile Boulard is a props man in a Paris movie studio. He has a wife, Suzanne. Or to be more...
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Iba N'Diaye
as Himself - Interviewer (uncredited)During an interview with the filmmaker Paulin Vieyra, the painter Iba Ndiaye recalls key moments...
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