VLADY
France, Mexico | 1989 | 24 min | col. | o.v. French, Spanish
Vlady portrays the Russian-Mexican painter Vlady Kibalchin Rusakov as he is making his celebrated frescoes in the Biblioteca Miguel Lerdo in Mexico City. The film goes beyond the mere artistic documentary, showing how the gesture of painting turns into a political act that involves collective memory. Sarah Maldoror captures the creative process whereby layers of colours and shapes create stories of revolution, resistance, and utopia. The wall becomes a living texture and an archive of social struggle and hope. The documentary celebrates art as a form of historical testimony and civil commitment, intertwining Vlady’s visual language with a far-reaching reflection on the importance of preserving memory to construct the future. (L.F.)
Local Time
- Timezone: America/New_York
- Date: 06 Nov 2025
- Time: 11:00
Location
- Cinema Astra - Piazza Cesare Beccaria, 9 50121 Florence (FI)
Organizer
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Sarah Maldoror
Sarah Maldoror (1929–2020) was a French director, Pan-African by adoption, revolutionary voice, and the first female filmmaker in African cinema. She chronicled the wars of liberation in the former Portuguese colonies, with a particular focus on the role of women in the struggle. After founding the first theater company of black actors in France, Les Griots, in 1956, she was assistant director to Pontecorvo for The Battle of Algiers in 1966, and then to William Klein for Festival panafricain d'Alger (1969). Her first feature film was also the first ever made by an African female director: Sambizanga (1972). Her other major works include her debut short film Monangambééé (1969), Aimé Césaire, un homme une terre (1976), Aimé Césaire – Le Masque des mots (1987), Portrait de Assia Djebar (1989), and Léon G. Damas (1994).
