Sarah Maldoror ou la nostalgie de l'utopie

Sarah Maldoror ou la nostalgie de l'utopie
Directed by	Anne-Laure Folly
Narrated by	Anne-Laure Folly
Cinematography	Jean-Claude Ducouret
Edited by	A. Balaman
Music by	Bedo Goungel
Production companies	RFO (France), Amanou Production (France)
Release date	1999 (1999)
Running time	26 minutes
Language	French

Sarah Maldoror ou la nostalgie de l'utopie is a Togolese short documentary film directed by Anne-Laure Folly. It was released in 1999.[1]

The film is a tribute to Sarah Maldoror of Guadeloupe, who made the classic film Sambizanga (1972).[2] The film documents the constant political struggle in all her work for liberty, her affirmation of her négritude to the world, and her campaign for recognition of black poets.[3] At the 1997 FESPACO press conference for her new film Les Oubliées, Anne-Laure Folly Reimann had already paid honor to Sarah Maldoror, saying:

Sarah inspired me to do this film. She made a film called Sambizanga, which in my opinion is one of the masterpieces of African cinema. When I saw it, I had a desire to make a film about Angola. She cleared the way by showing the Angola liberation war from a woman’s perspective. My film is not groundbreaking; she has already done that.[4]

References

Citations

1. Le film africain 1999, p. 30.
2. Anne Laure Folly - WMM.
3. Association des trois mondes 2000, p. 205.
4. Ellerson 2010.

Sources

• "Anne Laure Folly". Women Make Movies. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
• Association des trois mondes (2000). Les cinémas d'Afrique: dictionnaire. KARTHALA Editions. p. 205. ISBN 978-2-84586-060-5. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
• Ellerson, Beti (27 January 2010). "A Profile of Sarah Maldoror". African Women in Cinema Blog. Retrieved 2013-02-09.
• Le film africain. Marché international du film d'Amiens. 1999. Retrieved 28 December 2012.

External links

• Sarah Maldoror ou la nostalgie de l'utopie at IMDb