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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.


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Born:
Jan 31, 1925 In Porto-Novo, Benin
Movie/TV Credits:
5
First Appeared:
In the movie Devil in the Flesh 1947-09-22
Latest Project:
Movie Iba N'Diaye 1982-12-31
Known For
Poster of Iba N'Diaye
Poster of Africa on the Seine
Poster of After Love
Poster of Devil in the Flesh
Filmography
Movie Iba N'Diaye Himself - Interviewer (uncredited) 1982-12-31
Movie Africa on the Seine 1955-01-02
Movie After Love A passerby (uncredited) 1948-01-22
Movie Emile the African Passer-by (uncredited) 1948-05-19
Movie Devil in the Flesh 1947-09-22