Africa Blood and Guts
Directed by Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi
A chronicle of the violence that occurred in much of the African continent throughout the 1960s. As many African countries were transitioning from colonial rule to other forms of government, violent political upheavals were frequent. Revolutions in Zanzibar and Kenya in which thousands were killed are shown, the violence not only political; there is also extensive footage of hunters and poachers slaughtering… From TMDB
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Africa Blood and Guts is a 1966 documentary war film, directed by Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco Prosperi, starring Sergio Rossi, Jomo Kenyatta and Julius Nyerere.
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4 of 4 · most liked firstAlthough it’s tongue is in it’s cheek for too much of this and the narrative can be all over the place at times, this is still quite an harrowing chronology of post-colonial Africa that’s occasionally quite a difficult film to watch. We start off with the departure of the British from Tanganyika and then follow just how the indigenous population attempted to build on the promise of “uhuru”. This is no easy task, as pretty swiftly tribal vendettas that had been suppressed by the limited forces…
positive · AI labelView post →writer/director of MONDO CANE, AFRICA: BLOOD AND GUTS and GOODBYE UNCLE TOM – took on the ‘Nature Strikes Back’ genre and delivered perhaps the most shocking movie of his controversial career, now in UHD for the first time ever: When PCP gets into the water supply of a city zoo,
neutral · AI labelView post →For his final work, Godfather of Mondo Franco E. Prosperi – writer/director of MONDO CANE, AFRICA: BLOOD AND GUTS and GOODBYE UNCLE TOM – took on the ‘Nature Strikes Back’ genre and delivered perhaps the most shocking movie of his controversial career, now in UHD for the first time ever:
neutral · AI labelView post →AFRICA ADDIO (1966) is a difficult work to evaluate. Released at a time when most major media resources were focused on the Vietnam War, co-directors Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco Prosperi were among a very, very small group of people documenting the unrest which accompanied the decolonization of Africa. More than 50 years after its release, this is still a brutally graphic film: human death is captured on camera, up-close and unsimulated; hippopotami and elephants are attacked with spears…
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