The read
It runs a compact 26m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
TMDB9/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Sarah MaldororDirector
- Djamila OlivesiWriter
Cast
- Léopold Sédar SenghorCast
- Aimé CésaireCast
- Georges OthilyCast
- Idriss MakwardCast
- Léon-Gontran Damas(voice)
- Mariann Mathéus(voice)