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  • Aimé Césaire, une voix pour l'histoire (1995– )
  • TV Series | 164 min | Documentary, Biography
Aimé Césaire, une voix pour l'histoire (1995– )
TV Series | 164 min | Documentary, Biography
Portrait in 3 parts composed of testimonies and a long interview of the West Indian poet Aimé Césaire who evokes his literary encounters and his political commitment. Extracts from poems and plays and archival documents illustrate this ...See morePortrait in 3 parts composed of testimonies and a long interview of the West Indian poet Aimé Césaire who evokes his literary encounters and his political commitment. Extracts from poems and plays and archival documents illustrate this film. "L'Ile Merveilleuse" is centered on Martinique. After an evocation of his first poems, Césaire speaks of his return to Martinique as a teacher, then of his political commitment within the Communist Party. With Joseph Zobel, René Depestre, Maryse Condé, Roger Fayolle. "At the rendezvous of the conquest" is devoted to Paris, from the 1930s to the 1950s, with the meeting of Léopold Sedar Senghor and Léon Gontran Damas. With Roger Garaudy, Jorge Amado, Dominique Desanti, Albert Memmi and Jean-Toussaint Desanti. "The Force to Watch Tomorrow" addresses the problems of the contemporary world, and first and foremost that of Africa, from the festival of black arts in Dakar (1965) to the tribute paid to Césaire in Miami in 1987. With Pathé Diagne, Juliana Lumumba, Sekou Tour, Jean Malaurie, Edgar Morin, and African Heads of State. Written by Institut Français See less
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Director
Euzhan Palcy
Writer
Euzhan Palcy (writer)
Producers
Jean-Louis Monthieux (producer) | Euzhan Palcy (producer)
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Updated Jul 29, 1995
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Jul 29, 1995 (France)

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