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Release Date:
April 5, 2022
Original Title:
Restituer ? L'Afrique en quête de ses chefs-d'œuvre
Alternate Titles:
Restituieren? Afrika fordert seine Kunstschätze zurück
Restitution! Africa's Fight for Its Art
物歸原主?
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
ARTE
Cinétévé
TV5 Monde
Production Countries:
France
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 82
There is an interlinking history of violent European colonialism and the cultural legacy of ethnographic collections in institutions. This documentary traces the progression of colonial history from the Berlin Conference of 1884-85 to the systematic elimination of cultural traditions, religions and lifeways which would occur sporadically through genocides and warfare until the early 20th century throughout the African continent—surveying the inquiries and movements for historical justice, the relationships between European institutions and colonial violence and following enduring struggles against these organisations to regain what was taken.
Cinematography:
Cécile Bodénès
Director:
Nora Philippe
Editor:
Barbara Bascou
Tania Goldenberg
Anne Souriau
Music:
Thibault Kienz Agyeman
Producer:
Emelie de Jong
Sound Mixer:
Jocelyn Robert
Writer:
Nora Philippe
Karim Miské
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