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