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.
Sarah Maldoror
Director
Djamila Olivesi
Writer

Léopold Sédar Senghor

Aimé Césaire
Georges Othily
Idriss Makward
Léon-Gontran Damas
(voice)
Mariann Mathéus
(voice)
The Class of ‘9271%
A Plastic Ocean75%
Night Will Fall76%
Sidney70%
Sherman's March67%
Le Bus : Les Bleus en grève68%
Public Speaking70%
John Candy: I Like Me78%
McQueen74%
Fuck64%
Directed by John Ford70%
APEX: The Story of the Hypercar65%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
Lionel Messi: Destiny78%
I Am Heath Ledger74%
Bruce Lee, the Legend79%
Woman77%
For the Love of Spock73%
Elstree 197661%
Hawking76%