Sarah Maldoror Movies

  • 1979
    Foreign-Inspired Architecture in Paris

    Foreign-Inspired Architecture in Paris

    Foreign-Inspired Architecture in Paris

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    Sarah Maldoror finds inspiration in the hidden corners of Paris, where architecture was shaped by foreign styles and influences.

    Foreign-Inspired Architecture in Paris
  • 1986
    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
  • 1986
    Alberto Carlisky

    Alberto Carlisky

    Alberto Carlisky

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    Maldoror traces the dramatic life of the self-taught sculptor Alberto Carlisky, who fled his native Argentina after being imprisoned in 1944 by the...

    Alberto Carlisky
  • 1980
    Wielopole, Wielopole as Staged by Kantor

    Wielopole, Wielopole as Staged by Kantor

    Wielopole, Wielopole as Staged by Kantor

    01980HD

    First staged in Krakow and the Gdansk shipyards in 1980, where Poland’s Solidarity movement was born, and here performed at the...

    Wielopole, Wielopole as Staged by Kantor
  • 1982
    René Depestre, poète haïtien

    René Depestre, poète haïtien

    René Depestre, poète haïtien

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    Maldoror casts a sympathetic light on one of Haitian literature’s most influential figures, the poet and political activist René...

    René Depestre, poète haïtien
  • 1987
    Rencontre avec Assia Djebar

    Rencontre avec Assia Djebar

    Rencontre avec Assia Djebar

    01987HD

    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
  • 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
  • 1980
    Carnival in Bissau

    Carnival in Bissau

    Carnival in Bissau

    01980HD

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

    Carnival in Bissau
  • 1979
    Miró, The Painter

    Miró, The Painter

    Miró, The Painter

    01979HD

    Short piece for the TV series Aujourd'hui en France [Today in France]. The review of an exhibition by Miró at the Maeght Foundation offers the...

    Miró, The Painter
  • 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
  • 1995
    Léon G. Damas

    Léon G. Damas

    Léon G. Damas

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

    Léon G. Damas
  • 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
  • 2010
    Afrique[s], une autre histoire du XXème siècle - Acte 1

    Afrique[s], une autre histoire du XXème siècle - Acte 1

    Afrique[s], une autre histoire du XXème siècle - Acte 1

    02010HD

    Afrique[s], une autre histoire du XXème siècle - Acte 1
  • 1970
    Guns for Banta

    Guns for Banta

    Guns for Banta

    01970HD

    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
  • 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
  • 1986
    Tunisian Literature at the French National Library

    Tunisian Literature at the French National Library

    Tunisian Literature at the French National Library

    01986HD

    Commemorating the 1986 Tunis-Paris exhibition Privileged Spaces and Times: French-Speaking Intellectual Production in Tunisia, Sarah Maldoror’s...

    Tunisian Literature at the French National Library
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1996
    L'Enfant cinéma

    L'Enfant cinéma

    L'Enfant cinéma

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    Film dedicated to Toto Bissainthe, the Haitian singer that Sarah Maldoror also filmed at an earlier stage. Here, the magic of cinema is summoned and...

    L'Enfant cinéma
  • 1999
    Sarah Maldoror ou la nostalgie de l'utopie

    Sarah Maldoror ou la nostalgie de l'utopie

    Sarah Maldoror ou la nostalgie de l'utopie

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    Sarah Maldoror ou la nostalgie de l'utopie is a Togolese short documentary film directed by Anne-Laure Folly. It was released in 1999. The film is a...

    Sarah Maldoror ou la nostalgie de l'utopie