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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Festival History
- Valdivia International Film Festival 2025 generic
- Dublin International Film Festival 2022 generic
- IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival 2021 generic
- DocumentaMadrid 2019 generic
