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And the Dogs Were Silent (1976)

And the Dogs Were Silent (1976)

Drama Documentary
Release Date: 1976, April 27
Directors: Sarah Maldoror
Countries: France
Production: Les Films de l'Homme, Les Films de l'Homme, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Overview:

For 'Et les chiens se taisaient' Maldoror adapted a piece of theatre by the poet and politician Aimé Césaire (1913–2008), about a rebel who becomes profoundly aware of his otherness when condemned to death. His existential dialogue with his mother reverberates around the African sculptures on display at the Musée de l'Homme, a Parisian museum full of colonial plunder whose director was the Surrealist anthropologist Michel Leiris.

Keywords:

colonialism black history panafricanism essay film theatre company aimé césaire