René Depestre, poète haïtien (1981)
Sarah Maldoror · 5 min
René Depestre, poète haïtien screens 2 times at BFI Southbank between Saturday 5 September and Wednesday 23 September.
Where to watch it
BFI Southbank
Belvedere Rd, Waterloo, London SE1 8XT
Poetry Is Political
Poetry Is Political + poetic response by Binta Yade
What it is
Maldoror casts a sympathetic light on one of Haitian literature’s most influential figures, the poet and political activist René Depestre.