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Savages: The Story of Human Zoos

7.8Sep 5, 20181h 32mDocumentaryHistory

Directed by Pascal Blanchard, Bruno Victor-Pujebet

Written by Pascal Blanchard, Coralie Miller, Bruno Victor-Pujebet, Pascal Blanchard

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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Cast

Abd Al Malik

Abd Al Malik

Self - Narrator (voice)

Lilian Thuram

Lilian Thuram

Self - Anti-racism Activist

Pascal Blanchard

Pascal Blanchard

Self - Historian

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Sandrine Lemaire

Self - Historian

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John M. MacKenzie

Self - Historian

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Nicolas Bancel

Self - Historian

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Jacob Cassady

Self - Museum Director

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Fanny Robles

Self - Historian

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Walter Palm Island

Self - Aboriginal Activist

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Achille Mbembe

Self - Historian

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Félix Tiouka

Self - Amerindian Activist

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Gilles Boëtsch

Self - Anthropobiologist

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