Movie·1995·0h 26m

Léon G. Damas

Name: Léon G. Damas
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1995-05-02
Rating: 9
Cast: Léopold Sédar Senghor, Aimé Césaire, Georges Othily, Idriss Makward, Léon-Gontran Damas

★ 9.0Documentary

Synopsis

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.

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Top cast

Léopold Sédar Senghor

Léon-Gontran Damas

(voice)

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Mariann Mathéus

(voice)