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Léon G. Damas (1995)
Directed by Sarah Maldoror
Documentary · 26m
Léon G. Damas (1912–1978) was the first poet to “live Négritude”, according to the Senegalese poet, politician and cultural theorist Léopold Sédar Senghor. Cosmopolitan and always in transit, his writing is a chorus of melodies and imagery imbued with angst and melancholy and strongly influenced by jazz and blues. Punctuated by images of the landscapes of French Guiana and the voice of the artist, the film exemplifies the poetic documentary form to which Maldoror frequently returned.
Cast
Léopold Sédar Senghor
Aimé Césaire
Crew
- Director
- Sarah Maldoror
- Writer
- Djamila Olivesi
- Director of Photography
- Pierre Bouchacourt
- Editor
- Catherine Bachollet
Details
- Release date
- 1995-05-02
- Runtime
- 26m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France
- Production
- Matouba Film, Conseil Regional de Guyane