Film·1953·30m

Statues Also Die

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.

Directed by Chris Marker, Alain Resnais, Ghislain Cloquet

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4 credited

Jean Négroni
Jean NégroniNarrator (voice)
François Mitterrand
François MitterrandSelf (archive footage)
Pope Pius XII
Pope Pius XIISelf (archive footage)
Sugar Ray Robinson
Sugar Ray RobinsonSelf (archive footage)

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