And the Dogs Were Silent (1976)

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.

Release Date : April 27, 1976

Runtime : 13m

Genre : Documentary, Drama  

Companies : Les Films de l'Homme, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Countries : France

Keywords : colonialism, essay film, black history, theatre company, panafricanism, aimé césaire