Statues Hardly Ever Smile

Statues Hardly Ever Smile

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1971

Runtime

0h 21m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Statues Hardly Ever Smile

Director

Stan Lathan

Description

Edited by famed filmmaker Kathleen Collins, Statues Hardly Ever Smile follows a group of middle school children during a six-week project at the Brooklyn Museum, where they collectively discover and respond to the Egyptian collection. With narration by a member of the museum’s education department, we witness the group’s daily exercises and reflections as they create a theatre piece centered on the relationships developed with the objects and each other.