Africa on the Seine vs One Mind: A Zen Pilgrimage
One Mind: A Zen Pilgrimage 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 21m. Africa on the Seine is the older of the two (1955 against 2019). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Africa on the Seine
One Mind: A Zen Pilgrimage| Africa on the Seine | One Mind: A Zen Pilgrimage | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.4/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 1955 | 2019 |
| Length | 22m | 1h 21m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Mamadou Sarr, Paulin Soumanou Vieyra | Edward A. Burger |
| 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)
One Mind: A Zen Pilgrimage
ONE MIND is an immersive cinematic meditation on Zen monastic life in China, where a communion of nature, meditation, and labor reveals a carefully crafted way of life that reflects the very wisdom it seeks to cultivate.
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