Paulin Soumanou Vieyra

Directing·Jan 31, 1925·Porto-Novo, Benin

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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.

Film	Credit
Iba N'Diaye1982 · Himself - Interviewer (uncredited), Director	Himself - Interviewer (uncredited), Director
Under House Arrest1981 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Behind the Scenes: The Making of Ceddo1981 · Director	Director
Birago Diop, Storyteller1981 · Director	Director
Xala1975 · Producer	Producer
IIfe / 3ème Festival des Arts1971 · Director	Director
Le Sénégal et le Festival Mondial des Arts Nègres1966 · Director	Director
Môl1966 · Director	Director
Sindiely1965 · Director	Director
N'Diongane1965 · Director	Director
Lamb1964 · Director	Director
A Nation is Born1961 · Director	Director
Africa on the Seine1955 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
It was four years ago1954 · Director	Director
Emile the African1948 · Passer-by (uncredited)	Passer-by (uncredited)
After Love1948 · A Passerby (uncredited)	A Passerby (uncredited)
Devil in the Flesh1947 · Passer-by (uncredited)	Passer-by (uncredited)