And the Dogs Were Silent (1976)

04/27/1976 (FR) • Documentary, Drama • 13m

Overview

For 'Et les chiens se taisaient' Maldoror adapted a piece of theatre by the poet and politician Aimé Césaire (1913–2008), about a rebel who becomes profoundly aware of his otherness when condemned to death. His existential dialogue with his mother reverberates around the African sculptures on display at the Musée de l'Homme, a Parisian museum full of colonial plunder whose director was the Surrealist anthropologist Michel Leiris.

And the Dogs Were Silent (1976)

04/27/1976 (FR) • 13m

Documentary, Drama

Overview

For 'Et les chiens se taisaient' Maldoror adapted a piece of theatre by the poet and politician Aimé Césaire (1913–2008), about a rebel who becomes profoundly aware of his otherness when condemned to death. His existential dialogue with his mother reverberates around the African sculptures on display at the Musée de l'Homme, a Parisian museum full of colonial plunder whose director was the Surrealist anthropologist Michel Leiris.

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Sarah Maldoror

Gabriel Glissant

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Status

Released

Original Language

French

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

colonialism

essay film

black history

theatre company

panafricanism

aimé césaire

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