(Les statues meurent aussi)

Content: 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.

Countries:

France

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

30 minutes

Year:

1953

Directors:

Chris Marker

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Production companies:

Tadié Cinéma,

Présence Africaine

Actors:

Narrator (voice)

Self (archive footage)

Self (archive footage)

Self (archive footage)

Crews:

Director

Director

Director

Writer

Cinematography