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Savages: The Story of Human Zoos

Film201892 min7.8/10 on TMDB

Directed by Pascal Blanchard, Bruno Victor-Pujebet

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The barbarian is, first and foremost, the man who believes in barbarism

For more than a century the great colonial powers put human beings, taken by force from their native lands, on show as entertainment, just like animals in zoos; a shameful, outrageous and savage treatment of people who were considered subhuman.Read moreLess

For more than a century the great colonial powers put human beings, taken by force from their native lands, on show as entertainment, just like animals in zoos; a shameful, outrageous and savage treatment of people who were considered subhuman.

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For more than a century the great colonial powers put human beings, taken by force from their native lands, on show as entertainment, just like animals in zoos; a shameful, outrageous and savage treatment of people who were considered subhuman.

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Cast & crew

Abd Al MalikAbd Al MalikSelf - Narrator (voice)
Lilian ThuramLilian ThuramSelf - Anti-racism Activist
Pascal BlanchardPascal BlanchardSelf - Historian
Sandrine Lemaire
Sandrine LemaireSelf - Historian
John M. MacKenzie
John M. MacKenzieSelf - Historian
Nicolas Bancel
Nicolas BancelSelf - Historian
Jacob Cassady
Jacob CassadySelf - Museum Director
Fanny Robles
Fanny RoblesSelf - Historian
Walter Palm Island
Walter Palm IslandSelf - Aboriginal Activist
Achille Mbembe
Achille MbembeSelf - Historian
Félix Tiouka
Félix TioukaSelf - Amerindian Activist
Gilles Boëtsch
Gilles BoëtschSelf - Anthropobiologist
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Original Music Composer
David Reyes