Les statues meurent aussi (1953)

Les statues meurent aussi

a.k.a. Statues also Die

1953 · 30 min · Directed by Chris Marker, Alain Resnais, Ghislain Cloquet

Short documentary ordered by the magazine "Présence Africaine". From the question "Why is the african in the Human museum while Greek or Egyptian art are in Le Louvre?", the two directors expose and criticise the lack of consideration for African art. The film was censored in France for eight years because of its anti-colonial perspective.

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Emiam

5/10 (7.6 / 10 IMDb - 1091 votes)
Classic short film. Not as boring as it sounds and looks on the movie poster. Quite interesting about African American art from around the world, colonialism, capitalism and racism. French speech, English text, somewhat slow sometimes. For a non native English speaker it is quite difficult to keep up in the subtitles as the French speaker speaks fast.

MrE2Me

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