Watch Full Statues Also Die (1953) : Online Full Movies 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 | : | May 01, 1953 |
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| Genres | : | Documentary |
| Production Company | : | Tadié Cinéma, Présence Africaine |
| Production Countries | : | France |
| Casts | : | Jean Négroni, François Mitterrand, Pope Pius XII, Sugar Ray Robinson |
| Plot Keywords | : | politics, africa, anthropology, racism, art, colonialism, african art |
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