Film
Savages: The Story of Human Zoos
2018 · 1h 32m · Documentary · History
The barbarian is, first and foremost, the man who believes in barbarism
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Overview
For more than a century the great colonial powers put human beings, taken by force from their native lands, on show as entertainment, just like animals in zoos; a shameful, outrageous and savage treatment of people who were considered subhuman.
Cast
Abd Al Malik
Self - Narrator (voice)
Lilian Thuram
Self - Anti-racism Activist
Pascal Blanchard
Self - Historian
Sandrine Lemaire
Self - Historian
John M. MacKenzie
Self - Historian
Nicolas Bancel
Self - Historian
Jacob Cassady
Self - Museum Director
Fanny Robles
Self - Historian
Walter Palm Island
Self - Aboriginal Activist
Achille Mbembe
Self - Historian
Félix Tiouka
Self - Amerindian Activist
Gilles Boëtsch
Self - Anthropobiologist
Carolina Toka
Self - Moliko's Descendant
Lydia Toka
Self - Moliko's Descendant
Benjamin Stora
Self - Historian
Robert W. Rydell
Self - Historian
Crew
- Bruno Victor-PujebetDirector · Writer
- Pascal BlanchardDirector · Writer
- Coralie MillerWriter
- Sophie ParraultProducer
- Catherine MarconnetProducer
- Emmanuel PriouProducer
- Yves DarondeauProducer
- David ReyesOriginal Music Composer
- David FernandesEditor
- Jacques TerrienEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- September 5, 2018
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- French
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Genres
- Documentary, History
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