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Under The White Mask: The Film That Haesaerts Could Have Made

Onder het Witte Masker: De film die Haesaerts had kunnen maken2021

Overview

Under the White Mask: The Film Haesaerts Could Have Made uses fragments of Under the Black Mask, a 1958 film about Congolese art directed by the Belgian artist Paul Haesaerts, which has been qualified as colonial propaganda. This new film imagines what the masks – now subjects, and not objects – would say. Aimé Césaire’s Discourse on Colonialism is spoken in Lingala for the first time. This speech is still a critical mirror for Europe. Under The White Mask is limited to the elements already existing in 1958.

Details

Status
Released
Release date
December 29, 2021
Original language
English
Production
Cobra Films
Budget
Not recorded
Revenue
Not recorded
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