Sarah Maldoror

Sarah Maldoror, born Sarah Ducados in Gers, France, is a French film director.

Maldoror choose her artist's name in remembrance of The Songs of Maldoror by Lautréamont. She attended a drama school in Paris. Together with her companion Mário Pinto de Andrade she received a scholarship and studied film with Mark Donskoi in Moscow in 1961-62 where she met Ousmane Sembène. She is best known for her feature film Sambizanga (1972) on the 1961-1974 war in Angola.[1]

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Documentary about Sarah Maldoror

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