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Variety (1964) / A Trip to the Moon (1902) / The Art of the Moving Picture / Peaks of Japanese Cinema / Variety (1948) / The Mark of Zorro (1920) / A Million and One Nights: A History of the Motion Picture / The French New Wave / Screenland (1947) / The Lost World (1925) / Writing the Photoplay / Silent Cinema & the Avant-Garde / Cine-Mundial (1946) / He Walked by Night (1948) /
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Born
24 August 1939
Place
Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe
Directing

Christian Lara

Christian Lara was born in Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe and is known as the “Father of West Indian Cinema.” Formerly a journalist (based in France) he has directed over twenty films since 1971, including Coco-La-Fleur, candidat (1978), Bitter Sugar (1998), 1802 freedom now (2004) and Lost Heritage (2009).

As director

L'Homme au bâton, une légende créole

L'Homme au bâton, une légende créole

2024 · Director
Yafa, Forgiveness

Yafa, Forgiveness

2020 · Director

Summer in Provence

2013 · Director
The Legend

The Legend

2012 · Director
Pani pwoblem

Pani pwoblem

2012 · Director
Everything Is Still Possible

Everything Is Still Possible

2011 · Director
Lost Heritage

Lost Heritage

2010 · Director
Le Mystère Joséphine

Le Mystère Joséphine

2009 · Director
1802: The Epopee Inhabitant of Guadeloupe

1802: The Epopee Inhabitant of Guadeloupe

2006 · Director

Cracking Up

2004 · Director
Bitter Sugar

Bitter Sugar

1998 · Director

Une sacrée chabine

1993 · Director
Black

Black

1987 · Director
Adieu foulards

Adieu foulards

1983 · Director
Une glace avec deux boules...

Une glace avec deux boules...

1982 · Director
Vivre libre ou mourir

Vivre libre ou mourir

1980 · Director
Chap'la

Chap'la

1980 · Director
Mamito

Mamito

1980 · Director
Coco-the-Flower, Candidate

Coco-the-Flower, Candidate

1979 · Director
Jeux de minettes

Jeux de minettes

1978 · Director

Un amour de sable

1977 · Director
Corps brûlants

Corps brûlants

1976 · Director

Jeu de dames

1973 · Director
The Adulteress

The Adulteress

1973 · Director

Les Stabiles

1969 · Director

Déchaînements charnels

Director