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

Documentary

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.

Cast

Maravilha Munto

Narrator

Crew

Matthias De Groof

Director, Writer, Editor

Neel Cockx

Editor, Sound Designer

Daniël De Valck

Producer

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

Cast

Crew

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