Movies

  • 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

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    Afrique[s], une autre histoire du XXème siècle - Acte 1
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
    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
  • 1979
    Miró, The Painter

    Miró, The Painter

    Miró, The Painter

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    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
  • 1986
    A Senegalese Man in Normandy

    A Senegalese Man in Normandy

    A Senegalese Man in Normandy

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    The Senegalese man of the film’s title is Léopold Sédar Senghor, the poet and first president of Senegal, who is remembered by...

    A Senegalese Man in Normandy
  • 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, it follows the life and untimely death of Awa, a...

    Guns for Banta
  • 1984
    Robert Lapoujade, peintre

    Robert Lapoujade, peintre

    Robert Lapoujade, peintre

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

    Robert Lapoujade, peintre
  • 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
  • 1980
    Wielopole, Wielopole as Staged by Kantor

    Wielopole, Wielopole as Staged by Kantor

    Wielopole, Wielopole as Staged by Kantor

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    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
  • 1972
    Saint-Denis-sur-Avenir

    Saint-Denis-sur-Avenir

    Saint-Denis-sur-Avenir

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    Saint-Denis-sur-Avenir describes the problems faced by works in one of Paris’s working-class suburbs.

    Saint-Denis-sur-Avenir
  • 1998
    Tribu du bois de l'E

    Tribu du bois de l'E

    Tribu du bois de l'E

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    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
  • 1984
    Toto Bissainthe

    Toto Bissainthe

    Toto Bissainthe

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

    Toto Bissainthe
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1986
    Tunisian Literature at the French National Library

    Tunisian Literature at the French National Library

    Tunisian Literature at the French National Library

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    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
  • 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
  • 2026
    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