Africa on the Seine vs Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd
Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.4/10 for Africa on the Seine). Africa on the Seine is the shorter watch at 22m compared with 1h 29m. Africa on the Seine is the older of the two (1955 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Africa on the Seine
Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd| Africa on the Seine | Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.4/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 1955 | 2025 |
| Length | 22m | 1h 29m |
| Genres | Documentary | Crime, Documentary |
| Country | – | United Kingdom |
| Director | Mamadou Sarr, Paulin Soumanou Vieyra | Kwabena Oppong |
| Main cast | Paulin Soumanou Vieyra, Mamadou Sarr, Marpessa Dawn, Annette M'Baye | – |
Synopsis
Africa on the Seine
This film is widely regarded as the first film made by an African south of the Sahara. Labelled an “ethnological documentary in reverse,” it shows 1950s Paris from the cinematic perspective of a group of African immigrants. (Mubi)
Backlash: The Murder of George Floyd
Five years since the murder of George Floyd – the police killing that set America on fire with rage and sparked a wave of protests around the world, director Kwabena Oppong's film explores one of the most important and defining events in modern history. Featuring ground-breaking interviews with members of George Floyd’s family, the Minneapolis Police Chief who took the bold step of testifying against one of his own officers, Boris Johnson’s…
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