Sarah Maldoror Filmes

  • 1987
    Rencontre avec Assia Djebar

    Rencontre avec Assia Djebar

    Rencontre avec Assia Djebar

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    For the France 3 show, Mosaïque, Sarah Maldoror met Assia Djebar on Sunday March 29, 1987 on the occasion of the publication of her book Ombre...

    Rencontre avec Assia Djebar
  • 1984
    Claudel in Reims

    Claudel in Reims

    Claudel in Reims

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    Sarah Maldoror observes a stage production of Paul Claudel’s The Hostage at the Théâtre de la Comédie in Reims.

    Claudel in Reims
  • 1987
    Robert Doisneau, photographe

    Robert Doisneau, photographe

    Robert Doisneau, photographe

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    A portrait of the famous photographer, shot for his 1987 exhibition at the musée d’art et d’histoire de Saint-Denis.

    Robert Doisneau, photographe
  • 1981
    A Dessert for Constance

    A Dessert for Constance

    A Dessert for Constance

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    Bokolo and Mamadou, sweepers in the city of Paris, are looking for a way to pay for the return home of one of their sick comrades. When they find an...

    A Dessert for Constance
  • 1969
    The Panafrican Festival in Algiers

    The Panafrican Festival in Algiers

    The Panafrican Festival in Algiers

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    Festival panafricain d'Alger is a documentary by William Klein of the music and dance festival held 40 years ago in the streets and in venues all...

    The Panafrican Festival in Algiers
  • 1987
    Aimé Césaire: The Mask of Words

    Aimé Césaire: The Mask of Words

    Aimé Césaire: The Mask of Words

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    Aimé Césaire - Le Masque des mots is a portrait of the Martinican writer who calls himself a rebellious negro and for whom the poetic...

    Aimé Césaire: The Mask of Words
  • 1982
    Emanuel Ungaro

    Emanuel Ungaro

    Emanuel Ungaro

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    This modest portrait of the fashion designer Emanuel Ungaro seems to mark a departure from Sarah Maldoror’s usual subjects, but it nonetheless...

    Emanuel Ungaro
  • 2002
    Sisters of the Screen - African Women in the Cinema

    Sisters of the Screen - African Women in the Cinema

    Sisters of the Screen - African Women in the Cinema

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    Exploring the extraordinary contributions of women filmmakers from Africa and the diaspora, Beti Ellerson’s engaging debut intersperses...

    Sisters of the Screen - African Women in the Cinema
  • 2005
    Scala Milan AC

    Scala Milan AC

    Scala Milan AC

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    Some teenagers sign up for the contest: "Describe your neighborhood", whose first prize is a trip to Milan. As the youngsters are football fans and...

    Scala Milan AC
  • 1979
    Fogo, Fire Island

    Fogo, Fire Island

    Fogo, Fire Island

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    Documentary about Cape Verde and the island of Fogo produced by the revolutionary government of the new country. A culture learning to live without...

    Fogo, Fire Island
  • 1985
    Portrait of Christiane Diop

    Portrait of Christiane Diop

    Portrait of Christiane Diop

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    Sarah Maldoror reports on Christiane Diop, editor of the publishing house Présence africaine, which includes an interview with illustrator...

    Portrait of Christiane Diop
  • 1983
    The Hospital of Leningrad

    The Hospital of Leningrad

    The Hospital of Leningrad

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    A story of political imprisonment set in a mental hospital where the Stalin state police placed whoever their opponents were.

    The Hospital of Leningrad
  • 1980
    Carnival in Bissau

    Carnival in Bissau

    Carnival in Bissau

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    Documentary short that explores the meaning of the locals’ African identity through the Carnival festivities.

    Carnival in Bissau
  • 1978
    Père Lachaise Cemetery

    Père Lachaise Cemetery

    Père Lachaise Cemetery

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    Sarah Maldoror’s camera roams the famous flagstones and foliage of Père Lachaise, visiting its nooks and cats, to the sound of poems...

    Père Lachaise Cemetery
  • 1985
    Portrait of an African Woman

    Portrait of an African Woman

    Portrait of an African Woman

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    In this segment on immigrant cultures for the television program Mosaïque, a young Senegalese woman who cooks in a workers’ hostel dreams...

    Portrait of an African Woman
  • 1977
    Aimé Césaire at the End of Daybreak

    Aimé Césaire at the End of Daybreak

    Aimé Césaire at the End of Daybreak

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    Documentary on the négritude movement through one of its founders, Aimé Césaire.

    Aimé Césaire at the End of Daybreak
  • 2009
    Papa Césaire

    Papa Césaire

    Papa Césaire

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    Shortly after his death in 2008, Maldoror made this film about her longtime friend and collaborator, the Négritude poet Aimé...

    Papa Césaire
  • 1980
    Opening of the Theater Noir in Paris

    Opening of the Theater Noir in Paris

    Opening of the Theater Noir in Paris

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    Sarah Maldoror documents the opening of the Théâtre Noir de Paris, a Négritude-inspired theater company and cultural association...

    Opening of the Theater Noir in Paris
  • 1976
    Aimé Césaire, Un homme une terre

    Aimé Césaire, Un homme une terre

    Aimé Césaire, Un homme une terre

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    Alternating interview segments, shots of Martinique landscapes and scenes from Aimé Césaire's play La Tragédie du roi Christophe...

    Aimé Césaire, Un homme une terre
  • 1970
    Guns for Banta

    Guns for Banta

    Guns for Banta

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    Guns for Banta is the first feature-length film by Sarah Maldoror. Shot in Guinea-Bissau, Guns for Banta follows the life and untimely death of Awa,...

    Guns for Banta