Africa on the Seine
1955 · 22 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 70 VOTES · DIR. Mamadou Sarr, Paulin Soumanou Vieyra
Overview
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)
Dialogue Timeline — 101 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:00 Under the patronage of the ethnographic film committee
00:01:10 and our elders we would shout our independence.
00:01:27 where other little black, yellow
00:01:42 They were good times.
00:02:03 We had to grow up, Ieave home for Paris
00:02:21 all hope.
00:03:32 The streets have become
00:03:44 Where l found, one morning
00:04:06 the Latin Quarter home to students
00:04:21 often two to a room.
00:06:08 mingles with perpetual fraternity.
00:07:03 the carousels of hope
00:07:57 the hope of meeting up
00:08:14 of peaceful men.
00:14:36 to try to melt, in the sun of love
00:14:52 on the history of good peoples.
00:15:08 The fruits of the earth for all
00:15:28 the wind of happiness and of love.
00:16:34 the heart open and the arms outstretched
00:18:46 in our dances of love
00:18:59 and before others.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed101
Dialogue density4.6 lines / min
First line00:00:00
Final line00:18:59
Production Record
DirectorMamadou Sarr, Paulin Soumanou Vieyra
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes70