Tam-Tam à Paris is a 30 minute documentary, directed by Thérèse Sita-Bella[1] one of the fist female film makers from Africa.

Plot

Tam-Tam à Paris documented The National Dance Company of Cameroon, during its tour in Paris.It was featured in the first FESPACO in 1969.[2]

Production

The documentary was directed by Thérèse Sita-Bella, in 1969. It has been cited as the first film by a woman from Sub-Saharan Africa.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "African in Motion: Lost African Classics". Archived from the original on 2008-10-17.
  2. ↑ Ellerson, Beti (2015). "African Women in Cinema". Gaze Regimes. Wits University Press. pp. 1–9. ISBN 9781868148561. JSTOR 10.18772/22015068561.6.
  3. ↑ "The sad Lonely days of Sita Bella".
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