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.
- Released
- 1976-04-27
- Genres
- Documentary, Drama
- Runtime
- 13 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Sarah Maldoror
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 from 2 votes