The Masked Monkeys

“The Masked Monkeys seems sincere in its records of a cultural practice and indeed compassionate and incisive in affording the relationship between man and monkey a rich existential depth. Yet at the same time, its devout graveness achieves an ironic undercurrent that not only brings up obvious issues of abuse and exploitation between trainer and animal, but also calls into question the cultural authority of the narrator − and therefore the filmmakers.”

Daniel Kasman1

• 1Daniel Kasman, “New Perspectives in Documentary Cinema in Montreal,” Mubi Notebook, 22 November 2016.