Sarah Maldoror
Sarah Maldoror (born July 19, 1929 in Condom , Gers as Sarah Durados , † April 13, 2020 in Saint-Denis ) was a French film director .
Life
Sarah Maldoror's parents immigrated to France from Guadeloupe before she was born . She chose her stage name Maldoror based on the lyrical work Die Gesänge des Maldoror . During her studies at the Center d'Art Dramatique de la Rue Blanche in Paris, she met her future husband, Mário Pinto de Andrade . On a scholarship she was allowed to study film with him from 1961 to 1962 in Moscow with Mark Semjonowitsch Donskoy . During this time she met the Senegalese writer Ousmane Sembène . On her return she worked as an assistant to Gillo Pontecorvo for his war film Battle of Algiers .
With Des fusils pour Banta Maldoror made her debut in 1970 as a director for a feature film. She was the first woman to direct a feature film in Africa. Four more feature films followed by 1987: Sambizanga , Un dessert pour Constance , L'hôpital de Leningrad and Le passager du Tassili . With Sambizanga she filmed a story by the writer Luandino Vieira . In addition to her feature films, she directed several short and documentary films until 1998 .
On April 13, 2020, Maldoror died at the age of 90 during the COVID-19 pandemic in France as a result of a SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Filmography (selection)
- 1970: Des fusils pour Banta
- 1972: Sambizanga
- 1981: Un dessert pour Constance
- 1983: L'hôpital de Leningrad
- 1987: Le passager du Tassili
Web links
- Sarah Maldoror in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Sarah Maldoror, pionnière du cinéma panafricain, décède du coronavirus. In: francetvinfo.fr. April 13, 2020, accessed on April 13, 2020 (French).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Maldoror, Sarah |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Durados, Sarah (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 19, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Condom , Gers , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 13, 2020 |
| Place of death | Saint-Denis , France |