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.

Cast

Iba N'Diaye

Himself - Interviewer (uncredited)

Devil in the Flesh

Passer-by (uncredited)

Emile the African

Passer-by (uncredited)

After Love

A Passerby (uncredited)

Africa on the Seine

Unknown

Crew

Le Sénégal et le Festival Mondial des Arts Nègres

Director

N'Diongane

Director

Iba N'Diaye

Director

Africa on the Seine

Editor, Director

Under House Arrest

Director, Screenplay

Tauw

Production Manager

Sindiely

Director

A Nation is Born

Director

Môl

Director

Xala

Producer

Emitaï

Production Director

Lamb

Director

Ife / 3ème Festival des Arts

Director

Behind the Scenes: The Making of Ceddo

Director

Birago Diop, Storyteller

Director

It was four years ago

Director