Association “Friends of Sarah Maldoror and Mario de Andrade”
‘’In the life of any individual, family, community or society, memory is of fundamental importance. It is the fabric of identity’’ – Nelson Mandela
Founded in 2019, the Association “Friends of Sarah Maldoror and Mario de Andrade” focuses on preserving memory, encouraging dialogue and developing legacy work of this extraordinary couple whose lives have impregnated and crossed those of the main thinkers of the 20th century in Europe, Africa and the Americas.
Led by daughters Annouchka de Andrade and Henda Ducados, the Association’s main purpose is to feed the larger public with upcoming events regarding their parents as well as providing public access to information on films festivals and debates.
Crucial to the Mission of the Association is to ensure that the intellectual legacy of the couple lives on to the benefit of the larger public.

Aquino de Bragança, Nelson Mandela, Mario de Andrade
First PanAfrican Cultural Festival – Screen Slate Podcast
After working as an assistant director on The Battle of Algiers (1966), Sarah Maldoror remained in the country to film First PanAfrican Cultural Festival (1969) with William Klein, Mohamed Bouramari, and Rabah Laradji. The polyrhythmic
Jeremy Harding writes about the work of Sarah Maldoror London Review of Books, 23 May 2024
(London Review of Books, 23 May 2024)
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Abotcha Mediateca Onshore and MocABiss – Bienal de Artes e Cultura de Bissau, Guinea Bissau: Mapping Cine-Geographies of Liberation During the war of liberation in Guinea-Bissau (1963–1974), the cinema was
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La 33ª Mostra Internacional de Films de Dones de Barcelona junto con la colaboración de la Filmoteca de Catalunya abrió sus puertas el pasado 22 de mayo con la película Shahid
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