Aimé Césaire : poet and statesman /

Césaire speaks about his love for the French Caribbean landscape, his student days in Paris, the connection between his inner journey and the process of writing, his fight against the ravages of slavery and French policies in the colonies. The video also includes interviews with the Martinican artis...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Aimé Césaire (Motion picture).
Corporate Author:	Cinema Guild
Other Authors:	Wilcox, Susan, Scarboro, Ann Armstrong, Césaire, Aimé, Keasley, Alphonse, -Ky, Williams, Forrest
Format:	Video VHS
Language:	English
Language Notes:	French dialogue with English voiceover.
Published:	New York, NY : Cinema Guild, [2002]
Series:	Ethnic expressions from the mosaic of the Americas (Cinema guild)
Subjects:	Césaire, Aimé. Césaire, Aimé > Interviews. Blacks > Political activity. Authors, Martinican > Biography. Race awareness in literature. Negritude (Literary movement) Documentary films.

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Summary:	Césaire speaks about his love for the French Caribbean landscape, his student days in Paris, the connection between his inner journey and the process of writing, his fight against the ravages of slavery and French policies in the colonies. The video also includes interviews with the Martinican artists who speak of Césaire's influence on their work, Victor Anicet and Luc Marlin, and ends with a two-minute reading by Césaire.
Item Description:	Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videocassette (42 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Format:	VHS.
Production Credits:	Editor, Full Duck Productions ; research consultant, A. James Arnold ... [et al.] ; music, Franck Ralph Donatien, Groupe Taxikréol