Sarah Maldoror Movies
- 1966
The Battle of Algiers
The Battle of Algiers7.91966HD
Tracing the struggle of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale to gain freedom from French colonial rule as seen through the eyes of Ali from his...
- 1976
Mosaïque
Mosaïque91976HD
Broadcast from 1977 to 1987 on FR3, every Sunday morning, for 1h30, Mosaïque is a variety show with a set where music groups from the countries...
- 1973
Sambizanga
Sambizanga6.91973HD
Domingos is a member of an African liberation movement, arrested by the Portuguese secret police, after bloody events in Angola. His wife goes from a...
- 1968
Monangambeee
Monangambeee6.81968HD
Filmmaker-griot coming from the theater, it was with a camera, while the war in Vietnam occupied everyone's minds, that Sarah Maldoror gave...
- 1969
The Panafrican Festival in Algiers
The Panafrican Festival in Algiers61969HD
Festival panafricain d'Alger is a documentary by William Klein of the music and dance festival held 40 years ago in the streets and in venues all...
- 2005
Voisins, voisines
Voisins, voisines42005HD
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...
- 1987
Le Passager du Tassili
Le Passager du Tassili01987HD
Omar, a young Franco-Algerian from La Garenne-Colombes, decided to spend his vacation in the country of his ancestors, Algeria. On his return, he...
- 1983
L'hôpital de Leningrad
L'hôpital de Leningrad01983HD
A story of political imprisonment set in a mental hospital where the Stalin state police placed whoever their opponents were.
- 1981
Dessert for Constance
Dessert for Constance5.51981HD
Bokolo and Mamadou, sweepers in the city of Paris, are looking for a way to pay for the return home of one of their sick comrades. When they find an...
- 1977
Aimé Césaire at the End of Daybreak
Aimé Césaire at the End of Daybreak01977HD
Documentary on the négritude movement through one of its founders, Aimé Césaire.
- 1987
Aimé Césaire: The Mask of Words
Aimé Césaire: The Mask of Words01987HD
Aimé Césaire - Le Masque des mots is a portrait of the Martinican writer who calls himself a rebellious negro and for whom the poetic...
- 1976
And the Dogs Were Silent
And the Dogs Were Silent6.51976HD
For 'Et les chiens se taisaient' Maldoror adapted a piece of theatre by the poet and politician Aimé Césaire (1913–2008), about a...
- 2002
Sisters of the Screen - African Women in the Cinema
Sisters of the Screen - African Women in the Cinema02002HD
Exploring the extraordinary contributions of women filmmakers from Africa and the diaspora, Beti Ellerson’s engaging debut intersperses...
- 1985
Portrait of an African Woman
Portrait of an African Woman01985HD
After an interview whose theme is Senegalese immigrants in France, a piece by Sarah Maldoror appears. This is about the role of African women in...
- 1976
Aimé Césaire, Un homme une terre
Aimé Césaire, Un homme une terre101976HD
Alternating interview segments, shots of Martinique landscapes and scenes from Aimé Césaire's play La Tragédie du roi Christophe...
- 1995
Léon G. Damas
Léon G. Damas91995HD
Léon G. Damas (1912–1978) was the first poet to “live Négritude”, according to the Senegalese poet, politician and...
- 1966
The Women
The Women81966HD
Documentary dialogue with young women in Algiers on their experience of independence shortly after their country's independence.
- 1970
Guns for Banta
Guns for Banta01970HD
Guns for Banta is the first feature-length film by Sarah Maldoror. Shot in Guinea-Bissau, Guns for Banta follows the life and untimely death of Awa,...
- 2009
Eia pour Césaire
Eia pour Césaire102009HD
Shortly after his death in 2008, Maldoror made this film about her longtime friend and collaborator, the Négritude poet Aimé...
- 1980
Carnival in Bissau
Carnival in Bissau01980HD
Documentary short that explores the meaning of the locals’ African identity through the Carnival festivities.