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Guadeloupe (France)

Filmmaker · Guadeloupe (France)

Christian Lara

Died in 2023

Christian Lara was born in 1939 in Guadeloupe. A journalist at Le Figaro, he moved into directing and shot his first feature films in 1973. In 1979, Coco la Fleur, candidat made him the first Antillean filmmaker to obtain a certificate for theatrical release. He then made many films, among them Vivre libre ou mourir in 1980, and received in 2013 in Los Angeles a prize honouring his work as a pioneer. He has been nicknamed the father of Antillean cinema. He died on 9 September 2023 in Fort-de-France.

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