Hard Bargaining: Museums Face Claims for Return of Artefacts
201152m
Documentary
- Runtime
- 52m
- Genre
- Documentary
- Origin
- France
About
Four French museums, the Louvre, the Quai Branly, the French National Library, and the Rouen Museum, are faced with pressing demands for the return of works of art. The number of demands is multiplying. They come from all over the world, and in particular from Egypt, Mali and New Zealand. The question of returning works of art to their countries of origin is increasingly making news. Take for example the emotions aroused by President Sarkozy’s decision, on the 12th November 2010, to return 297 royal manuscripts to South Korea. The ensuing row involved diametrically opposed points of view. Was it a violation of the principle of inalienability of France’s national collections or was it a just reparation for the victims of colonization? The rich countries’ great museums and the countries of origin have completely different visions of the issue. The museums defend the idea of a universal museum whose works belong to the whole of humanity.
Where to watch
Not available to stream in United States yet.
Details
- Director
- Philippe Tourancheau
- Writing
- Philippe Tourancheau
- Status
- Released
- Released
- Sep 18, 2011
- Studio
- Via Découvertes Films, France Télévisions
If you like this
Dahomey
20246.5
These Amazing Shadows
20117.4
Come See Me in the Good Light
20257.2
Who Are You, Charlie Brown?
20216.9
My Mom Jayne
20258.0
42 Up
19997.6
Atlantis Rising
20176.4
All the World's Memory
19567.1
The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story
20197.3
Fuck
20066.4
Harmontown
20146.6
Bambi: A Tale of Life in the Woods
20246.5
Heart of a Dog
20156.5
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
20208.1
180° South
20107.2
Daft Punk Unchained
20157.2
Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski
20187.5
Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present
20127.3
A Toxic Love Story
20266.4
David Bowie: Five Years
20137.5
Similar
Faces Places
20177.6
Glories of Medieval Art: The Cloisters
Movie
Leninland
20131.0
Marepe
2006
Reunion
19466.8
The Vatican Museums
2007
Dinolandia
2025
The World of Dario Argento 3: Museum of Horrors
19977.5
When You Listen to This Song
2025
'Orsay
2012
The New Rijksmuseum
20147.8
Stone and bag
2024
Little Frank and His Carp
20015.4
Ablaze
2016
The Desert of Forbidden Art
20114.7
Message from Mungo
20146.5