(Statues Hardly Ever Smile)

Content: Edited by famed filmmaker Kathleen Collins, Statues Hardly Ever Smile follows a group of middle school children during a six-week project at the Brooklyn Museum, where they collectively discover and respond to the Egyptian collection. With narration by a member of the museum’s education department, we witness the group’s daily exercises and reflections as they create a theatre piece centered on the relationships developed with the objects and each other.

Countries:

United States of America

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

21 minutes

Year:

1971

Directors:

Stan Lathan

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