Movie: Statues Also Die

Top 4 Billed Cast

Jean Négroni
Jean Négroni

Narrator (voice)

François Mitterrand
François Mitterrand

Self (archive footage)

Pope Pius XII
Pope Pius XII

Self (archive footage)

Sugar Ray Robinson
Sugar Ray Robinson

Self (archive footage)

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1953-05-01

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    6.83

  • Rating:

    3.4 starts
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