Savages: The Story of Human Zoos (2018)
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.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Original Language | fr |
| Popularity | 2.483 |
Directed By
Pascal Blanchard
Bruno Victor-Pujebet
Crew
Pascal Blanchard
Bruno Victor-Pujebet
Pascal Blanchard
Coralie Miller
Bruno Victor-Pujebet
Sophie Parrault
David Reyes
David Fernandes
Jacques Terrien
Catherine Marconnet
Yves Darondeau
Emmanuel Priou
Pascal Blanchard
Pascal Blanchard
Bruno Victor-Pujebet
Cyril Bron
Guillermo Fernandez
Fabrice Héron
Nicolas Dambroise
Philippe Charriet
TOP 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
Pamela Newkirk
Self - Journalist
Ndiaga Seck
Self - J. Thiam's Descendant
Sylvie Chalaye
Self - Theater Historian
Sylvette Kaloïe
Self - M. Kaloïe's Descendant
Didier Daeninckx
Self - Writer
Ayana Jackson
Self - Photographer
Nanette Jacomijn Snoep
Self - Anthropologist
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