Eia pour Césaire (2009)

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).

Release Date : Nov 19, 2009

Runtime : 52m

Genre : Documentary  

Companies : Ina, CNC

Countries : France

Keywords : africa, biography, black militant, west indies, panafricanism, aimé césaire