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Papa Césaire
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Papa Césaire

Nov 19, 2009
0h 58m
★ 10.0

Overview

Shortly after his death in 2008, Maldoror made this film about her longtime friend and collaborator, the Négritude poet Aimé Césaire. In this film, she retraces the steps of Césaire’s travels across the globe — particularly back to his hometown in Martinique, where Maldoror interviews his relatives about his life — and her working relationship with Césaire, including fragments of her previous films about him, Un homme, une terre (1976) and Le masque des mots (1987).

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

CNC
INA
ViàATV

Cast

Aimé Césaire

Self

Aimé Césaire

Greg Germain

Self

Greg Germain

Annouchka de Andrade

Self

Annouchka de Andrade

Alex Haley

Self

Alex Haley

Maya Angelou

Self

Maya Angelou

Léopold Sédar Senghor

Self

Léopold Sédar Senghor

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