Statues Also Die
1953•30m•6.9•Released
Documentary
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.
Director
Chris Marker
Writer
Chris Marker
Languages
French
Studio
Tadié Cinéma
Cast
Jean Négroni
Narrator (voice)
François Mitterrand
Self (archive footage)
Pope Pius XII
Self (archive footage)
Sugar Ray Robinson
Self (archive footage)
Production
Company
Tadié Cinéma
Company
Présence Africaine
Recommended
6.6
Dahomey
2024
6.8
Looking for Richard
1996
7.7
I Am Not Your Negro
2017
6.4
Fuck
2006
7.5
McQueen
2018
7.2
In the Realms of the Unreal
2004
7.5
A Plastic Ocean
2016
8.4
Human
2015
7.6
Night Will Fall
2014
7.8
Being James Bond
2021
7.8
13th
2016
6.5
JLG/JLG: Self-Portrait in December
1995
6.8
The Bus: A French Football Mutiny
2026
7.3
African Cats
2011
7.1
12 Days
2017
7.1
The Class of ‘92
2013
6.5
Bambi: A Tale of Life in the Woods
2024
7
Directed by John Ford
1971
7.3
God Grew Tired of Us
2006
8.2
Baraka
1992
Similar Movies
5.6
Served Like a Girl
2017
Brutal
1980
6.3
Si-Gueriki, Queen Mother
2002
6.7
Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing
2006
6.6
A Test of Violence
1969
Greer Ralston – Giving It All To Art
2024
8
Basquiat, Une Vie
2010
6
The Pan-african Festival in Algiers
1969
Farmors leriga händer - En film om Lisa Larson
2025
8.6
Ôrí
1989
7.7
All About Ann: Governor Richards of the Lone Star State
2014
6.6
Jean-Luc Mélenchon, l’homme qui avançait à contre-courant
2017
The Dream of Love
2005
I am the other
2008
6.5
Action directe, nos années de plomb
2024
5.2
Un racisme à peine voilé
2004
6
Fall 2
1970
6
I'm Too Sad to Tell You
1971
Stelarc - Suspending Disbelief
2025
The World of Lygia Clark
1973