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Statues Also Die

6.9(52)195330m2

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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French
  • politics
  • africa
  • anthropology
  • racism
  • art
  • colonialism
  • african art

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  • FranceFR

    • PremiereCannes Film Festival1 May 1953

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Statues Also Die was released on 1 May 1953.

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