Afrique-sur-Seine explained

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.^[1]

Synopsis

Denied the authorisation he needed to film in Sénégal under the Laval Decree,^[2] Viera decided to film his first short feature in Paris.^[3] The film recounts the life of African students in Paris, their encounters and the nostalgia they felt far from their native land.^[4]

Credits

• Title : Afrique-sur-Seine
• Production : Jacques Mélo Kane, Mamadou Sarr, Paulin Soumanou Vieyra
• Screenplay : Mamadou Sarr

• Montage : Paulin Soumanou Vieyra
• Country of origin of producers : Bénin, France, French Guiana, Sénégal
• Production : Groupe africain de cinéma
• Language : French
• Format : 16 mm, black and white
• Genre : fiction
• Length : 21 minutes

Distribution

• Marpessa Dawn
• Philippe Mory

See also

• • Cinema of Africa

External links

• • Web site: Fédération internationale des archives du film . Cinéma africain . 28 May 2013.
• Web site: Franck Schneider . Les pionniers du cinéma africain . Dailymotion . 28 May 2013.
• Web site: Samba Félix Ndiaye . Film-detail . https://archive.today/20130629045052/http://www.festival-entrevues.com/cgi-local/film_fiche_detail.pl?id=1140 . dead . 29 June 2013 . 28 May 2013 .
• Web site: Africultures - Fiche film : Afrique-sur-Seine . 28 May 2013.
• Web site: Institut francais . Afrique-sur-Seine . 28 May 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160614020432/http://www.institutfrancais.com/fr/afrique-sur-seine-0 . 14 June 2016 . dead .
• Web site: Thomas Sotinel . Un demi-siècle d'indépendances africaines en douze films . Le Monde . 6 December 2010 . 28 May 2013.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Les Cahiers du Cinéma . Afrique-sur-Seine . 28 May 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121019193938/http://cahiersducinema.com/Le-cinema-africain-Un-continent-a.html . 19 October 2012 . dead . dmy-all .
2. Web site: Cecilia Cenciarelli . AFRIQUE SUR SEINE: Paulin Soumanou Vieyra, Mamadou Sarr . Il Cinema Ritrovato . 2017 .
3. Web site: Julien Farenc . À la découverte des territoires du cinéma africain - BnF pour tous - BnF . 28 May 2013 . 12 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131112145315/http://blog.bnf.fr/diversification_publics/?p=1432 . dead .
4. Web site: Afrique sur Seine . 28 May 2013.