Léon G. Damas

Léon G. Damas (1995)

Documentary

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.

Director: Sarah Maldoror

Casts

	Léopold Sédar Senghor as
	Aimé Césaire as
	Georges Othily as
	Idriss Makward as
	Léon-Gontran Damas as (voice)
	Mariann Mathéus as (voice)

Crew