A Primitive Man's Career to Civilization

A Primitive Man's Career to Civilization was a UK film released in 1912, directed and written by Cherry Kearton. Shot on 35mm film in silent black and white, it was distributed by WTC.

A Primitive Man's Career to Civilization
Directed byCherry Kearton
Written byCherry Kearton
Distributed byWTC
Release date
1912
CountryUnited Kingdom
Languagesilent film
English intertitles

The film was produced in 1911 by the Ethnographic Society of London, who had previously commissioned Kearton to film a traditional Kenyan dance performed to honour Theodore Roosevelt when he visited the country in 1909.[1]

References

  1. Gupta, Dhruba (1994). African Cinema: A View from India. Celluloid Chapter. p. 17.


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