Sarah Maldoror Movies

  • 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
  • 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
  • 1977
    The Basilica of Saint-Denis

    The Basilica of Saint-Denis

    The Basilica of Saint-Denis

    01977HD

    A short film about all facets of the Parisian Gothic basilica, which features both a cathedral and a necropolis, the latter containing tombs of...

    The Basilica of Saint-Denis
  • 1979
    Foreign-Inspired Architecture in Paris

    Foreign-Inspired Architecture in Paris

    Foreign-Inspired Architecture in Paris

    01979HD

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

    Foreign-Inspired Architecture in Paris
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

    91999HD

    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
  • 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
  • 1995
    Léon G. Damas

    Léon G. Damas

    Léon G. Damas

    91995HD

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

    Léon G. Damas
  • 1978
    Louis Aragon, a mask in Paris

    Louis Aragon, a mask in Paris

    Louis Aragon, a mask in Paris

    01978HD

    There is a gap separating the surrealism from the Interwar period and that of the post-war era, and that is the way this movement would understand...

    Louis Aragon, a mask in Paris
  • 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
  • 1982
    Emanuel Ungaro

    Emanuel Ungaro

    Emanuel Ungaro

    01982HD

    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
  • 2005
    Les oiseaux mains

    Les oiseaux mains

    Les oiseaux mains

    02005HD

    A short animation about motion and poetry.

    Les oiseaux mains
  • 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
  • 2011
    Foreword to Guns for Banta

    Foreword to Guns for Banta

    Foreword to Guns for Banta

    02011HD

    Originally an analog slide show made for two projectors, this work recounts the making of Sarah Maldoror's lost and surely never-to-be-seen first...

    Foreword to Guns for Banta
  • 1986
    Alberto Carlisky

    Alberto Carlisky

    Alberto Carlisky

    01986HD

    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