Screening of Les Statues meurent aussi (Statues Also Die)

Followed by a Discussion with Professor Zoë Strother

Les Statues meurent aussi is a groundbreaking essay film that confronts the cultural violence of colonialism by examining how African art has been stripped of its meaning and reduced to museum objects in the West.

Upon its completion, Les Statues meurent aussi was swiftly censored in France. The final reel, containing the film’s most explicit anti-colonial critique, was banned and remained suppressed in the Arab world for nearly four decades.

This screening is part of Columbia Maison Française CENSURED FILM SERIES - FALL 2025.

Host or Publisher CU Maison Française