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Statues Also Die
1953, May 01
0h 30m
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.
Directed by
Ghislain Cloquet, Chris Marker, Alain Resnais
Written by
Chris Marker
Pope Pius XII
Self (archive footage)
Jean Négroni
Narrator (voice)
Sugar Ray Robinson
Self (archive footage)
François Mitterrand
Self (archive footage)
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