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Statues Also Die

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Statues Also Die

6.8

0h 30m

1953

Synopsis

Commissioned by the journal Présence Africaine, this short documentary examines how African art is devalued and alienated through colonial and museum contexts. Beginning with the question of why African works are confined to ethnographic displays while Greek or Egyptian art is celebrated, the film became a landmark of anti-colonial cinema and was banned in France for eight years.

Director

Chris Marker

Alain Resnais

Ghislain Cloquet

Documentary

politicsafricaanthropologyracismartcolonialismafrican art

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Cast & Crew

Jean Négroni

Jean Négroni

as Narrator (voice)

François Mitterrand

François Mitterrand

as Self (archive footage)

Pope Pius XII

Pope Pius XII

as Self (archive footage)

Sugar Ray Robinson

Sugar Ray Robinson

as Self (archive footage)

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