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.

• Matthias De GroofDirector · Writer · Editor
• Daniël De ValckProducer
• Neel CockxEditor

Release date

December 29, 2021

Status

Released

Original language

Lingala

Runtime

9m

Genres

Documentary