Paulin Soumanou Vieyra
Personal Info
Known For Director
Gender Male
Birthday 1925-01-31
Deathday 1987-11-04 (62 years old)
Place of Birth Porto-Novo, Benin
Also Known As Paulin Vieyra
Paulin Soumanou Vieyra
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.
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