Paulin Soumanou Vieyra

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Personal Info

Known for

Directing

From

Porto-Novo, Benin

Born

1/31/1925

Age

100

Credit(s)

5

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,” ...Show More