Statues Hardly Ever Smile
- Documentary
- 1971
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 is a movie first shown in 1971. Runtime is 21 minutes. Status: Released. Genres: Documentary.




























