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

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.

Country:

Belgium

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

9 minutes

Year:

2021

Director:

Matthias De Groof

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Company:

Cobra Films

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