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Statues Hardly Ever Smile

Statues Hardly Ever Smile

1971 · Movie · 21m

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It runs a compact 21m.

Synopsis

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.

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documentary short