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Statues Also Die (1953)

Statues Also Die (1953)

Documentary
Release Date: 1953, May 1
Directors: Alain Resnais, Chris Marker, Ghislain Cloquet
Countries: France
Production: Tadié Cinéma, Présence Africaine, Tadié Cinéma, Présence Africaine
Cast: Sugar Ray Robinson, François Mitterrand, Pope Pius XII, Jean Négroni

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

racism politics africa anthropology art colonialism african art