Retrospective “Point Virgule” Point Virgule is a newspaper for young people and it’s made by young people. In this piece, they talk about the edition and its sections and texts, including articles on racism. Sarah Maldoror France 1986, 4'
Retrospective “Wielopole” Mise en scène du polonais Kantor Polish director Tadeusz Kantor and the theater company Cricot 2 take the play Wielopole, Wielopole to the stage at the Théàtre des Bouffes du Nord, in Paris. In the play, the stages of Christ’s passion merge with a military nightmare. Sarah Maldoror France 1980, 3'
Retrospective A dessert for Constance A film that uses comedy as a way to combat racist stereotypes and outdated nationalist ideas, such as the concept of culinary prowess, through a look at the daily lives of African migrants in Paris. Sarah Maldoror France 1980, 61'
Retrospective Abbaye Royale de St. Denis A short film about all facets of the Parisian Gothic basilica, which features both a cathedral and a necropolis, the latter containing tombs of French kings, from the 10th to the 19th century. Sarah Maldoror France 1977, 7'
Retrospective Aimé Césaire, Le masque des mots The director returns to the figure of Aimé Césaire more than ten years after Aimé Césaire — Un homme, une terre. The occasion is a tribute paid to the surrealist poet and activist of the black movement in Miami. In an interview, he recalls his life’s trajectory. Sarah Maldoror Martinique / USA 1987, 47'
Retrospective Aimé Césaire, Un homme une terre Aimé Césaire was a surrealist, essayist, activist and one of the founders of the négritude movement, a progressive artistic and political current that defended black culture, strongly tied to marxist and anti-colonial ideals. Sarah Maldoror France 1976, 57'
Retrospective Alberto Carlisky Portrait of Argentine sculptor Alberto Carlisky who, after a militant and journalistic life in Buenos Aires, goes to work in Paris with Ossip Zadkine, a cubist sculptor naturalized in France. Carlisky then develops work in his own name. Sarah Maldoror France 1980, 4'
Retrospective Ana Mercedes Hoyos Metal fruit bowls and paintings representing the banana. Colombian artist Ana Mercedes Hoyos talks about her influences in a documentary that does not forget issues such as slavery and Afro-Caribbean cultures. Sarah Maldoror France / Colombia 2008, 13'
Retrospective And the Dogs Were Quiet Theater play whose narrative focuses on a rebellion of a man against the enslavement of his people, filmed inside the Musée de l’Homme, in Paris. With performances by Gabriel Glissant and Sarah Maldoror. Sarah Maldoror, Bernard Favre, Vincent Blanchet France 1978, 13'
Retrospective Assia Djebar Interview with Algerian author Assia Djebar about her novel Ombre Sultane. Djebar discusses the role of women in the Arab and Muslim world, and her desire for Western or European readers to see themselves in the book’s protagonists. Sarah Maldoror France 1987, 7'
Retrospective Carnival in Bissau A documentary short that focuses on how the inhabitants of Guinea-Bissau view their black identity and culture, with the annual Carnival celebration as a backdrop. Sarah Maldoror Guinea-Bissau 1980, 18'
Retrospective Carnival in the Sahel Carnival is an event and a festivity where the limits can be transgressed in a context brimming with music, sensations and textures. In this film, it is also a starting point for an approach on the history of black culture and colonialism, with concepts of identity and blackness taking center stage. Sarah Maldoror Cape Verde 1979, 28'
Retrospective Christiane Diop Sarah Maldoror reports on Christiane Diop, editor of the publishing house Présence africaine, which includes an interview with illustrator Sophie Mondesir, about her work as the first black woman to run a major publishing house in Paris. Sarah Maldoror France 1985, 6'
Retrospective Claudel à Reims Presentation and representation of The Hostage, a play by French author Paul Claudel at the Théâtre de la Comédie. Sarah Maldoror France 1984, 5'
Retrospective Eia pour Césaire After the death of the poet and activist Aimé Césaire, friend and subject of many of her films, Sarah Maldoror revisits points of the globe where he traveled to. The film includes interviews with family members and excerpts from her films with and about the poet. Sarah Maldoror Martinique / France 2009, 58'
