Statues Hardly Ever Smile1971

Name: Statues Hardly Ever Smile
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1971
Duration: 21 min

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.

Released: 25. 4. 2026
Runtime: 21 min
Genres: Documentary
Certification: NO
Country, language: US · EN

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