Statues Also Die
Statues Also Die

Statues Also Die

Les statues meurent aussi

Release date : 1953-05-01

Production country :

France

Production company :

Tadié Cinéma,

Présence Africaine

Status : Released

Durasi : 30 Min.

Popularity : 0.231

6.8

Total Vote : 45

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.