SankofaAfrican & diaspora cinema
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Film · Senegal

Africa on the Seine

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)

Documentary

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No streaming, rental or purchase listing found for this title. That’s common in this catalogue — much of African cinema has never had a digital release.