Paulin Soumanou Vieyra
Biography
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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Movies (19)
Iba N'Diaye
as Himself - Interviewer (uncredited)
1982
Under House Arrest
Director (Directing)
1981
Behind the Scenes: The Making of Ceddo
Director (Directing)
1981
Birago Diop, Storyteller
Director (Directing)
1981
Xala
Producer (Production)
1975
Emitaï
Production Director (Production)
1973
Ife / 3ème Festival des Arts
Director (Directing)
1971
Tauw
Production Manager (Production)
1970
Le Sénégal et le Festival Mondial des Arts Nègres
Director (Directing)
1966
Môl
Director (Directing)
1966
Sindiely
Director (Directing)
1965
N'Diongane
Director (Directing)
1965
Lamb
Director (Directing)
1964
A Nation is Born
Director (Directing)
1961
Africa on the Seine
1955
It was four years ago
Director (Directing)
1954
Emile the African
as Passer-by (uncredited)
1948
After Love
as A Passerby (uncredited)
1948
Devil in the Flesh
as Passer-by (uncredited)
1947