And the Dogs Were Silent (1976)

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.

Genres: Documentary, Drama

Stars: Sarah Maldoror, Gabriel Glissant

Release Date: 1976-04-27

Country: France

Ratings: 6.5 / 10 (2 votes)

Runtime: 13 mins