Statues Hardly Ever Smile (1971)
All the adventure a man can live, he lives.
1971-01-01
United States of America
21 Min.
PG-13
Documentary
Overview
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.