Statues Also Die

Statues Also Die (1953)

6.9 30 min Movie
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.

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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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