Paulin Soumanou Vieyra
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Early life and education
Paulin Soumanou Vieyra was born on 31 JanuaryScript error: No such module "Unsubst". 1925 in Porto Novo, Dahomey.[1][2]
He was educated in Paris, France,[3] where he studied at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques.[1]
Career
In 1955 in Paris, Vieyra shot the first Francophone African film, Afrique-sur-Seine.[4]
His other important achievements for film in Africa include being one of the co-founders of the Fédération Panafricaine des Cinéastes (FEPACI) in 1969.[5]
He served as director of Actualités Sénégalaises, an important newsreel service in the two decades following Senegal’s Independence.[4]
In 1971, Vieyra was a member of the jury at the 7th Moscow International Film Festival.[6] Two years later, he was a member of the jury at the 8th Moscow International Film Festival.[7] In 1985 he was a member of the jury at the 14th Moscow International Film Festival.[8]
He died in Paris on 4 NovemberScript error: No such module "Unsubst". 1987, at the age of 62.[2]
Works
Films
- 1954 : C'était il y a quatre ans
- 1955 : Afrique-sur-Seine
- 1957 : L'Afrique à Moscou
- 1958 : Le Niger aujourd’hui
- 1959 : Les présidents Senghor et Modibo Keita; Avec les Africaines à Vienne; Présence Africaine à Rome
- 1960 : Indépendance du Cameroun, Togo, Congo, Madagascar
- 1961 : Une nation est née
- 1963 : Lamb; Voyage du président Senghor en Italie; Voyage présidentiel en URSS
- 1964 : Avec l’ensemble national; Écrit du Caire; Sindiely; Voyage du président Senghor au Brésil
- 1965 : N'Diongane
- 1966 : Le Sénégal au festival national des arts nègres; Môl
- 1967 : Au marché; La bicyclette; Le gâteau; Le rendez-vous
- 1974 : Écrit de Dakar; L’art plastique
- 1976 : L'Habitat rural au Sénégal; L’Habitat urbain au Sénégal
- 1981 : Birago Diop; En résidence surveillée, L’envers du décor; Les oiseaux
- 1982 : Iba N'diaye
Books
- Le Cinéma et l'Afrique, 1969
- Sembène Ousmane cinéaste, 1972
- Le Cinéma africain des origines à 1973, 1975
- Le Cinéma au Sénégal, 1983
Notes
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References
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