Under the White Mask: The Film Haesaerts Could Have Made uses fragments of Under the Black Mask, a 1958 film about Congolese art directed by the Belgian artist Paul Haesaerts, which has been qualified as colonial propaganda. This new film imagines what the masks – now subjects, and not objects – would say. Aimé Césaire’s Discourse on Colonialism is spoken in Lingala for the first time. This speech is still a critical mirror for Europe. Under The White Mask is limited to the elements already existing in 1958.
Unfortunately the movie Under The White Mask: The Film That Haesaerts Could Have Made is not yet available on Disney Plus.
Directing | Matthias De Groof | Director |
Writing | Matthias De Groof | Writer |
Sound | Neel Cockx | Sound Designer |
Editing | Neel Cockx | Editor |
Editing | Matthias De Groof | Editor |
Production | Daniël De Valck | Producer |
Crew | Art et Cinema | Cinematography |