Congorilla (film)

Congorilla (1932) is a documentary film by Martin and Osa Johnson. The film follows the couple through Africa as they encounter animals that they characterize as threatening before a lengthy sequence with the couple with a pygmy community. This sequence is notorious for its racism and condescension towards the African people.[1]

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It is considered one of the earliest ethnographic documentary films.

References
  1. Nowell-Smith, Geoffrey (1996). The Oxford History of World Cinema. Oxford University Press. p. 322. congorilla 1932.


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