Statues Hardly Ever Smile(1971)

Statues Hardly Ever Smile Synopsis

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.

Statues Hardly Ever Smile (1971) is a documentary film directed by Stan Lathan, released on January 1, 1971 with a runtime of 21m.