Movies by Aimé Césaire

De Charles de Gaulle à Emmanuel Macron, les gardiens de l'empire

L'Avenir est ailleurs

Eia pour Césaire
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).

Aimé Césaire, Un homme une terre
Alternating interview segments, shots of Martinique landscapes and scenes from Aimé Césaire's play La Tragédie du roi Christophe (1963), Sarah Maldoror portrays her friend as a politician, a poet, and a founder of the Négritude movement.

Aimé Césaire, un Nègre fondamental

Aimé Césaire at the End of Daybreak
Documentary on the négritude movement through one of its founders, Aimé Césaire.

A State of Blackness: Aimé Césaire’s Way
Documentary exploring the thought and work of Aimé Césaire.

Jean-Marie Serreau, découvreur de théâtres

Lumières Noires

Aimé Césaire, Une voix pour l'histoire
A three-part study that introduces audiences to the celebrated Martinican author Aimé Césaire, who coined the term "négritude" and launched the movement called the "Great Black Cry".

Aimé Césaire: The Mask of Words
Aimé Césaire - Le Masque des mots is a portrait of the Martinican writer who calls himself a rebellious negro and for whom the poetic act represents an act of freedom.