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Rencontres en Guyane

Born in 1925 into a modest Guyanese family, Auxence Contout studied in Paris on a scholarship at a time when few ultramarines were so fortunate (a decade after Léon Gontran Damas and Aimé Césaire). He has dedicated his life to exploring the Guyanese Creole culture, a counter-culture born of the deprivation of the basic rights of slaves from Africa, which has been enriched by Amerindian, European, Indian and Chinese influences... A man of transmission, he has tirelessly shared his knowledge of tales, proverbs, language, dances, carnival... In order to find its origins, he had to undertake a fascinating journey into the cultures of the whole world.

Maître Contout - Mémoire de la Guyane

Today we live in a world where the logic of profitability applies to all fields. The places dedicated to the professions of care, social work, education... are managed by managers or experts for whom only figures count, denying human needs. The psychoanalyst Roland Gori has been fighting for years against the disintegration of our society. This film is a portrait of his thought, of his commitment.