Christian Lara
Personal information
- Known for
- Directing
- Known credits
- 27
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- August 24, 1939
- Place of birth
- Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe
- Also known as
- Bart Caral
Biography
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).
Popular
Filmography
Directing
26 titles
Writing
9 titles1987
1980
