01 Jan 1956
A City Decides
A City Decides chronicles the events that led to the integration of the St. Louis public schools in 1954. An Oscar-nominated short documentary from 1956.
Savages: The Story of Human Zoos
The barbarian is, first and foremost, the man who believes in barbarism
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.
Top Billed Cast
Abd Al Malik Self - Narrator (voice)
Lilian Thuram Self - Anti-racism Activist
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
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
Ayana Jackson Self - Photographer
Nanette Jacomijn Snoep Self - Anthropologist
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