Statues Also Die

Name: Statues Also Die
Director: Chris Marker
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1953-05-01
Duration: 30 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Jean Négroni, François Mitterrand, Pope Pius XII, Sugar Ray Robinson

6.8

Low

1953•0h 30m

Documentary

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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.