People
Sarah Maldoror
Biography:
Sarah Maldoror (19 July 1929 − 13 April 2020) was a French filmmaker of French West Indies descent. She is best known for her feature film Sambizanga (1972) on the 1961–1974 war in Angola.
After her studies, Maldoror, worked as an assistant on Gillo Pontecorvo's acclaimed film, The Battle of Algiers (1966). She also worked as an assistant to Algerian director Ahmed Lallem.
Maldoror's short film, Monangambee (1968), was set in Angola, based on a story by Angolan writer José Luandino Vieira. The title of this 17-minute film, Monangambée, refers to the call used by Angolan anti-colonial activists to signal a village meeting. The film was shot with amateur actors in Algeria. It tells... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Foreword to Guns for Banta | 2011-01-01 |
Voisins, voisines as Mme Patisson | 2005-07-20 |
Sisters of the Screen - African Women in the Cinema as Self | 2002-01-16 |
Sarah Maldoror ou la nostalgie de l'utopie as Self | 1999-01-01 |
Mosaïque as Self | 1976-12-26 |
Aimé Césaire, Un homme une terre as Self | 1976-05-02 |
And the Dogs Were Silent | 1976-04-27 |