Statues Also Die

Statues Also Die

1953 fr 30 minutes

Rating: 6.8

Plot

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.

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Cast

Jean Négroni

Jean Négroni

Narrator (voice)

François Mitterrand

François Mitterrand

Self (archive footage)

Pope Pius XII

Pope Pius XII

Self (archive footage)

Sugar Ray Robinson

Sugar Ray Robinson

Self (archive footage)

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