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
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