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1 online resource (53 minutes) |
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Aimé Césaire, né en 1913 à Basse-Pointe, rejoint Paris dans l'entre-deux-guerres pour y faire ses études. C'est à cette époque que le jeune Antillais comprend l'importance de parler d'une conscience noire et d'un nationalisme culturel qui unit les hommes. Puis l'écrivain, inventeur du concept de négritude, rejoint son île aux prémices du conflit mondial pour y enseigner les lettres. A la fin de la guerre, porté par l'espoir d'un changement, Césaire, fervent anticolonialiste, est happé par la politique et devient député du Parti communiste avant de fonder le Parti progressiste martiniquais (PPM). Il conservera son mandat jusqu'en 1993. A travers des séquences de fiction et des images d'archives, retour sur le parcours paradoxal de Césaire, entre l'engagement visionnaire humaniste du poète et le combat difficile du politicien. "Un film personnel, écrit et réalisé avec conviction." (TELERAMA) |
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Aimé Césaire, born in 1913 in Basse-Pointe, joined Paris in the inter-war period to study there. It was at this time that the young West Indian understood the importance of talking about a black conscience and a cultural nationalism that united men. Then the writer, inventor of the concept of blackness, joined his island at the beginnings of the world conflict to teach letters. At the end of the war, carried by the hope of a change, Césaire, fervent anti-colonialist, is caught up in politics and becomes deputy of the Communist Party before founding the Progressive Party of Martinique (PPM). He will retain his mandate until 1993. Through fiction sequences and archive footage, we return to the paradoxical journey of Césaire, between the humanist visionary commitment of the poet and the difficult battle of the politician. "A personal film, written and produced with conviction." (TELERAMA) |
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Title from resource description page (viewed May 11, 2020) |
| Performer |
Alex Descas, Alex Ogou, Annie Milon |
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In French |
| Subject |
Césaire, Aimé
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| SUBJECT |
Césaire, Aimé fast |
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Poets, Black -- Martinique -- Biography
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Politicians -- Martinique -- Biography
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Poets, Black
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Politicians
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Martinique
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documentary film.
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Biographical films
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Biographies
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Documentary films
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Biographical films.
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Documentary films.
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Films biographiques.
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Documentaires.
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Streaming video
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Olivier, Felix, director, screenwriter
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Harmattan Vidéo (Firm), film distributor.
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Eloa Prod, production company
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Camera OneTelevision, production company
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