Sarah Maldoror Movies

  • 1976
    Aimé Césaire, Un homme une terre

    Aimé Césaire, Un homme une terre

    Aimé Césaire, Un homme une terre

    101976HD

    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2005
    Voisins, voisines

    Voisins, voisines

    Voisins, voisines

    5.3332005HD

    The Mozart Residence is home to several "new owners" of all origins: a new concierge, Paco, of Spanish origin, who has just been released from...

    Voisins, voisines
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1981
    René Depestre, poète haïtien

    René Depestre, poète haïtien

    René Depestre, poète haïtien

    01981HD

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

    René Depestre, poète haïtien
  • 2009
    Ana Mercedes Hoyos

    Ana Mercedes Hoyos

    Ana Mercedes Hoyos

    02009HD

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

    Ana Mercedes Hoyos
  • 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
  • 1984
    Robert Lapoujade, peintre

    Robert Lapoujade, peintre

    Robert Lapoujade, peintre

    01984HD

    Portrait of the French painter-etcher, lithographer and director.

    Robert Lapoujade, peintre
  • 2005
    Scala Milan AC

    Scala Milan AC

    Scala Milan AC

    02005HD

    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
  • 1985
    Portrait of Christiane Diop

    Portrait of Christiane Diop

    Portrait of Christiane Diop

    01985HD

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

    Portrait of Christiane Diop
  • 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
  • 1970
    Guns for Banta

    Guns for Banta

    Guns for Banta

    71970HD

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

    Guns for Banta
  • 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
  • 1985
    Portrait of an African Woman

    Portrait of an African Woman

    Portrait of an African Woman

    01985HD

    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
  • 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
  • 1979
    Fogo, Fire Island

    Fogo, Fire Island

    Fogo, Fire Island

    01979HD

    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
  • 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