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Léon G. Damas

Léon G. Damas

Status

Released

Release

1995

Runtime

26m

Storyline

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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Status
Released
Runtime
26m
May 2, 1995
Languages
French
Production Countries
France