Africa on the Seine vs Occupied
Occupied 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 48m. Africa on the Seine is the older of the two (1955 against 2022). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Africa on the Seine
Occupied| Africa on the Seine | Occupied | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.4/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 1955 | 2022 |
| Length | 22m | 48m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Mamadou Sarr, Paulin Soumanou Vieyra | Albina Kovalyova |
| Main cast | Paulin Soumanou Vieyra, Mamadou Sarr, Marpessa Dawn, Annette M'Baye | Dzhafer Umerov, Dmytro Bahnenko, Lidia Biletska |
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)
Occupied
Dmytro Bahnenko, a journalist in Kherson, southern Ukraine, spent three months secretly recording his city's resistance to the Russian occupation.
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