Kirikou and the Sorceress
1998
star 7.4
Drawn from elements of West African folk tales, it depicts how a newborn boy, Kirikou, saves his village from t...
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Acting
Robert Liensol
Robert Liensol was born on 9 September 1922 in Saint-Barthélémy, French West Indies. He was an actor, known for L'exil du roi Behanzin (1994), Target (1985) and Coco-the-Flower, Candidate (1979). He died on 13 February 2011 in Paris, France. Robert Liensol founded in 1954 and managed to 1972 the "Compagnie des Griots", the first French company of black actors. In that troupe, were Darling Légitimus, Théo Légitimus, Jenny Alpha, Bachir Touré, Toto Bissainthe, Thimotée Bassari, Lydia Ewandéand Danièle Van Berkeycke. They created "Les Nègres" by Jean Genet, directed by Roger Blin, "La tragédie du Roi Christophe" and "Une saison au Congo" by Aimé Césaire both directed by Jean-Marie Serreau. He merged the Griots company with the "Shango" theatre troupe of Med Hondo called "Griots-Shango"in 1972.
Filmography
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Kirikou and the Wild Beasts
2005
star 6.5
Kirikou's Grandfather says that the story of Kirikou and The Witch was too short, so he proceeds to explain mor...
Time to Kill
1989
star 5.0
During the invasion of Ethiopia in 1936, a wounded Italian soldier ends up stranded in the desert after a truck...
Snow
1981
star 6.0
Anita is a barmaid at the center of a community of street preachers, prostitutes, dealers and users. When a bel...
Mazarin
1978
star 7.0
The series Mazarin (1978) recounts the rise of Jules Mazarin, first an Italian diplomat and later France’s chie...
West Indies
1979
star 6.5
Aboard a giant slave ship in an abandoned Citroën factory, the history of the West Indies is traced through sev...
Soleil O
1973
star 6.8
An educated native of Mauritania tries to find work in Paris but encounters difficulty because of his race.
Périgord noir
1989
star 4.6
The recolonization of Africa, this time by the very blacks who had to flee it as exiles during the time of the...
The Committee of 19
1972
star 7.5
UN's The Committee of 19 sends six scientists to investigate a biological outbreak in Africa.
Amok
1983
star 8.0
A rural teacher discovers the harsh realities of his South Africa.
Bitter Sugar
1998
star 6.8
Sucre Amer tells the story of a unique court case in which an event from the past is judged by a court of histo...
The Old Sorceress & the Valet
1987
star 6.0
An old couple, Eugenie and Armand, have been living in Paris since 1921 part of the wave of post-war immigratio...
L'exil du roi Behanzin
1996
star 7.0
Evocation of the ruthless war which opposed from 1890 to 1894 the French colonial army to the young Ahydjere Be...
The Making of West Indies
1979
Taken during the filming of "West Indies," this film shows the making of the monumental set in the middle of th...
Coco-the-Flower, Candidate
1979
star 8.5
It shows an electoral campaign in Guadeloupe in which Coco la fleur is asked to stand for election for strategi...
Les verts pâturages
1964
star 5.0
A French TV movie directed by Jean-Christophe Averty , broadcast on December 24, 1964 . The Old Testament set i...
Vivre libre ou mourir
1980
star 10.0