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Paulin Soumanou Vieyra
Porto-Novo, Benin
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…
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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.
Filmography
Movies and shows, newest first
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2026
Lamb
Movie Director
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2026
A Nation Is Born
Movie Director
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2026
N'Diongane
Movie Director
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1982
Iba N'Diaye
Movie Himself - Interviewer (uncredited)
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1981
Under House Arrest
Movie Director
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1981
Behind the Scenes: The Making of Ceddo
Movie Director
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1981
Birago Diop, Storyteller
Movie Director
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1978
Ceddo
Movie Production Manager
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1975
Xala
Movie Producer
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1973
Emitaï
Movie Production Director
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1971
Ife / 3ème Festival des Arts
Movie Director
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1970
Tauw
Movie Production Manager
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1966
Le Sénégal et le Festival Mondial des Arts Nègres
Movie Director
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1966
Môl
Movie Director
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1965
Sindiely
Movie Director
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1955
Africa on the Seine
Movie
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1954
It Was Four Years Ago
Movie Director
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1948
Emile the African
Movie Passer-by (uncredited)
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1948
After Love
Movie A Passerby (uncredited)
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1947
Devil in the Flesh
Movie Passer-by (uncredited)
