Sarah Maldoror Movies

  • 1968
    Monangambeee

    Monangambeee

    Monangambeee

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    Filmmaker-griot coming from the theater, it was with a camera, while the war in Vietnam occupied everyone's minds, that Sarah Maldoror gave...

    Monangambeee
  • 1973
    Sambizanga

    Sambizanga

    Sambizanga

    71973HD

    Domingos is a member of an African liberation movement, arrested by the Portuguese secret police, after bloody events in Angola. His wife goes from a...

    Sambizanga
  • 1966
    The Battle of Algiers

    The Battle of Algiers

    The Battle of Algiers

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    Paratrooper commander Colonel Mathieu, a former French Resistance fighter during World War II, is sent to Algeria to reinforce efforts to squelch the...

    The Battle of Algiers
  • 1984
    Toto Bissainthe

    Toto Bissainthe

    Toto Bissainthe

    01984HD

    A portrait of Haitian singer Toto Bissainthe, whose musical journey is marked by her desire to disseminate creole singing.

    Toto Bissainthe
  • 1989
    Vlady

    Vlady

    Vlady

    01989HD

    In this documentary, Sarah Maldoror offers a portrait of the Mexican painter Vlady (1920-2005, born Vladimir Kibaltchich), filming mainly his works...

    Vlady
  • 1985
    Public Writer

    Public Writer

    Public Writer

    01985HD

    Sarah Maldoror interviews women of different nationalities who serve as “public” writers, linking French administrative bodies with...

    Public Writer
  • 1986
    Point Virgule

    Point Virgule

    Point Virgule

    01986HD

    In this short piece, fledgling editors, reporters, and illustrators describe their work on Point Virgule, a newspaper by and for young people,...

    Point Virgule
  • 1979
    Miró, The Painter

    Miró, The Painter

    Miró, The Painter

    01979HD

    Short piece for the TV series Aujourd'hui en France [Today in France]. Reporting on a Joan Miró exhibition at the Maeght Foundation, Sarah...

    Miró, The Painter
  • 1980
    Wifredo Lam

    Wifredo Lam

    Wifredo Lam

    01980HD

    Maldoror reports on a painting exhibition of the Cuban artist Wifredo Lam at the Artcurial gallery in Paris in 1980.

    Wifredo Lam
  • 1998
    Tribu du bois de l'E

    Tribu du bois de l'E

    Tribu du bois de l'E

    01998HD

    In this documentary about Reunion Island, Maldoror begins with a look at an exhibition by sculptor Alain Seraphine, with automated drumming machines...

    Tribu du bois de l'E
  • 1995
    Léon G. Damas

    Léon G. Damas

    Léon G. Damas

    91995HD

    Léon G. Damas (1912–1978) was the first poet to “live Négritude”, according to the Senegalese poet, politician and...

    Léon G. Damas
  • 1966
    The Women

    The Women

    The Women

    81966HD

    Documentary dialogue with young women in Algiers on their experience of independence shortly after their country's independence.

    The Women
  • 1969
    The Panafrican Festival in Algiers

    The Panafrican Festival in Algiers

    The Panafrican Festival in Algiers

    61969HD

    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
    Robert Doisneau, photographe

    Robert Doisneau, photographe

    Robert Doisneau, photographe

    01987HD

    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
  • 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
  • 1987
    Le Passager du Tassili

    Le Passager du Tassili

    Le Passager du Tassili

    01987HD

    Omar, a young Franco-Algerian from La Garenne-Colombes, decided to spend his vacation in the country of his ancestors, Algeria. On his return, he...

    Le Passager du Tassili
  • 1976
    Mosaïque

    Mosaïque

    Mosaïque

    91976HD

    Broadcast from 1977 to 1987 on FR3, every Sunday morning, for 1h30, Mosaïque is a variety show with a set where music groups from the countries...

    Mosaïque
  • 2009
    Ana Mercedes Hoyos

    Ana Mercedes Hoyos

    Ana Mercedes Hoyos

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    Documentary about Colombian artist Ana Mercedes Hoyos, which deals with slavery and Afro-Caribbean cultures.

    Ana Mercedes Hoyos
  • 1987
    Aimé Césaire: The Mask of Words

    Aimé Césaire: The Mask of Words

    Aimé Césaire: The Mask of Words

    01987HD

    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
  • 1984
    Claudel in Reims

    Claudel in Reims

    Claudel in Reims

    01984HD

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

    Claudel in Reims