Palimpseste of Africa museum
After more than 100 years, the world's largest colonial museum, a symbol of arrogance towards the non-Western, is undergoing a transformation: a colonial framework, bolstered by scientific expertise, is attempting to reshape its image in the eyes of the world. The institution is convening experts from its various departments and has agreed to consult with delegates from African associations within the structure created for this purpose: COMRAF. COMRAF is participating in the assessment and attempting to immunize the museum for a new century of history. But what is hindering a complete decolonization of the museum?
Credits
Screenplay: Matthias De Groof
Director: Matthias De Groof
Image: Matthias De Groof
Editing: Sebastien Demeffe
Music: Ernst Reijseger
Text and Voice: In Koli Jean Bofane
Production
Cobra Films
Co-production
VAF (Flemish Audiovisual Fund)
Broadcasts & Festivals
Cinema Z - Antwerp
Docville - Leuven
First Bozar
Africa Festival Museum “M” – Leuven
Méliès Cinema, Paris
Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin
DOCFEED, Eindhoven
DOCLISBOA, Lisbon
Ecrans Noirs, Yaoundé
EHESS, Paris
Tarifa Cine Africano Festival, Spain
Douarnenez Film Festival, France
Popoli Festival, Florence 2020
International Pan-African Film Festival, Cannes
Fickin, Kinshasa
FIFA (Festival of Film d’Art, Montreal
FILAF 2020, Perpignan
Film Africa, London
FilmInitiativ, Cologne
Gallery Bart, Gallery 3de Wal, WHAA & IFAA, Nijmegen
German Historical Museum, Berlin
German International Ethnographic Film Festival, Göttingen
Harvard Film Archive, US
Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
Humbold University, Berlin
French Institute, Kinshasa
National Institute of Arts, Kinshasa
International Film Festival Rotterdam, IFFR 2009
International Film Festival Rotterdam, IFFR 2011
London School of Economics, London