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Annouchka de Andrade is currently orchestrating her parents legacy – The Association “Sarah Maldoror and Mario de Andrade”. With over 30 years of experience, Annouchka has worked in international cultural cooperation with a strong focus on audio-visuals, cultural heritage and production in France, Spain, Columbia, Bolivia, Venezuela, Peru and Equator. She has provided technical assistance to Sarah Maldoror in the last 20 years.
Henda Ducados is currently the Head of Institutional Relations for Total in Angola. With 25 years of experience, Henda has worked in social development programs in Angola, Mozambique and Guinea Bissau. Advocated on gender issues and women’s economic emancipation in post-conflict development in Angola. Is the author of articles on gender issues in Angola and female headed households in particular.
Both sisters have developed a project to preserve and share Sarah Maldoror and Mario de Andrade’ work. The path of two individuals who fought for African independence and cultural emancipation. Crucial to their work are films restoration of films, archiving of documents, correspondences, manuscripts and unknown screenplays etc
The inauguration on May 2, 2022 of the personal library of Mario de Andrade
The inauguration on May 2, 2022 of the personal library of Mario de Andrade in the National Center of Archives in Luanda (Angola). Both daughters have deposited into the Angolan center of archives almost 2000 books gathered by their father all along his life. This personal library aims to respond to the will of our
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IN MEMORIAM – SARAH MALDOROR Though her name remains unfamiliar to most, the Frenchborn filmmaker’s work is central to postcolonial African cinema. By Sukhdev Sandhu It was only in her late Sos that Sarah Maldoror, who died in April at the age of 90 from coronavirus-related complications, began to attract the sustained attention of contemporary
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Woman With a Weapon-Camera – The New Inquiry
Woman With a Weapon-Camera On the work of Sarah Maldoror By YASMINA PRICE – AUGUST 27, 2020 SARAH Maldoror was a voice for history. I borrow this phrase from Euzhan Palcy, a Black woman filmmaker, like Maldoror, who demanded an autonomous place behind the camera. Aimé Césaire: A Voice for History (1994) is Palcy’s magnificent three-part film on her
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Rest in Power, Sarah Maldoror (1929-2020)
The Screen Worlds team would like to express our most heartfelt gratitude to the pioneering filmmaker Sarah Maldoror, who passed away in Paris this week from Covid-19 complications. Sarah was the first woman of colour to direct a feature film in Africa and became respectfully known as the Matriarch of African Cinema. After working as
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Exposição Sarah Maldoror : Cinema Tricontinental (Anna Tje, Chloé Quenum, Maya Mihindou et Sarah Maldoror)
EN : After the Palais de Tokyo, the exhibition Sarah Maldoror tricontinentale moves to Lisbon from September 8 to November 22, 2022 FR : Après le Palais de Tokyo, l’exposition Sarah Maldoror tricontinentale se déplace à Lisbonne du 8 septembre au 22 novembre 2022 PORT : Depois do Palácio de Tóquio, a exposição Sarah Maldoror tricontinentale
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Festival Ecofalante de Sao Paulo 2022
EN : Tribute to Sarah Maldoror at the Sao Paulo Ecofalante Festival. An opportunity to present the restored copy of Sambizanga as well as 2 premiere in Brazil: The Mask of Words; Portraits of an African woman FR : Hommage à Sarah Maldoror au Festival Ecofalante de Sao Paulo Une occasion de présenter la copie
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