Statues Also Die
Directed by Chris Marker, Alain Resnais, Ghislain Cloquet
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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Jean NégroniNarrator (voice)
François MitterrandSelf (archive footage)
Pope Pius XIISelf (archive footage)
Sugar Ray RobinsonSelf (archive footage)Explore the crew
- Director
- Chris Marker
- Director
- Alain Resnais
- Director
- Ghislain Cloquet
- Editor
- Alain Resnais
- Writer
- Chris Marker
- Original Music Composer
- Guy Bernard