ARE MEERKATS REALLY RUSSIAN? AFRICA THROUGH WESTERN EYES
By: Kenji

Africa is the mysterious untamed “dark continent” of strange superstitious customs, drum beats, great deserts, rivers and jungles, spectacular scenery, wild beasts, corrupt and primitive rulers, rich in minerals, big game and human cargo, and ripe for astonishing exploration and the enlightening benefits of Western civilisation
Here are some notable films set and made in Africa by outsiders. Some have Africa as an exotic backdrop for European/US drama, some print the legend and others question it
Not on this site:
Carry on up the Jungle
Afurika Monogatari
Year order
For lack of a better list title, i’ve included Trinh T Minh-ha’s sensitive observational Reassemblage, and the Iranian Kiarostami’s film ABC Africa for the UN. And Boniface’s Holiday is a Russian animation
p.s and talking of Russia, the list title refers to a Russian-accented meerkat in very popular TV ads in the UK
“Europeans should know more about Africa.” (Cameroon director Jean-Marie Teno)
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01Georges Méliès
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02Giovanni Pastrone
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03Marc Allégret
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04Aurelio Rossi
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05Cherry Kearton
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06W.S. Van Dyke
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07Martin Johnson
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08Merian C. Cooper
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09Victor Fleming
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10Josef von Sternberg
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11Julien Duvivier
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12Georg Wilhelm Pabst
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13W.S. Van Dyke
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14Cedric Gibbons
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15Julien Duvivier
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16Friz Freleng
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17William A. Wellman
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18Chuck Jones
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19Zoltán Korda
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20David Butler
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21Victor Schertzinger
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22Michael Curtiz
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23Gabriel Pascal
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24Jean Rouch
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25Lewis D. Collins
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26René Vautier
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27Compton Bennett
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28John Huston
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29Zoltán Korda
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30Henry King
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31Anthony Kimmins
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32John Ford
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33André Haguet
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34Henry Hathaway
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35John Huston
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36Gavin Lambert
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37Chris Marker
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38Ralph Wright
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39Alfred Hitchcock
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40Jean Rouch
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41Jean Rouch
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42John Huston
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43Jean Rouch
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44J. Lee Thompson
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45Bernhard Grzimek
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46Jacques Tourneur
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47Fred Zinnemann
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48Lionel Rogosin
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49Jean Rouch
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50Henning Carlsen
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51Robert Gardner
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52Alexander Mackendrick
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53Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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54Cy Endfield
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55Gerald Thomas
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56Cy Endfield
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57Gillo Pontecorvo
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58John Gilling
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59Faria de Almeida
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60Jerzy Kawalerowicz
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61James Hill
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62Don Sharp
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63Cornel Wilde
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64Moustapha Alassane
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65Gualtiero Jacopetti
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66Peter Kubelka
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67Fyodor Khitruk
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68Jean Rouch
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69Jean Rouch
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70Ettore Scola
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71Stephen Frears
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72Nino Scolaro
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73Jack Cardiff
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74John Marshall
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75John Marshall
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76Werner Herzog
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77Pier Paolo Pasolini
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78Werner Herzog
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79Alfredo Castiglioni
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80Jean Rouch
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81John Marshall
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82John Guillermin
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83Barbet Schroeder
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84John Marshall
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85Michael Raeburn
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86Jürgen Goslar
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87Jean-Jacques Annaud
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88Jean-Christophe Averty
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89John Guillermin
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90John Marshall
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91John Derek
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92Bertrand Tavernier
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93Frédéric Mitterrand
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94Jean-Jacques Flori
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95Trinh T. Minh-ha
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96Andrew V. McLaglen
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97Philippe de Broca
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98Alain Corneau
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99Jesús Franco
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100J. Lee Thompson
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101Sydney Pollack
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102Lewis Teague
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103Werner Herzog
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104Elaine May
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105Boaz Davidson
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106Richard Attenborough
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107Michael Apted
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108Marco Ferreri
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109Claire Denis
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110Chris Menges
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111Euzhan Palcy
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112John Marshall
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113Dominique Loreau
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114Otar Iosseliani
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115Alan Birkinshaw
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116Bob Rafelson
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117Raymond Depardon
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118Bernardo Bertolucci
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119Bruce Beresford
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120Clint Eastwood
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121Werner Herzog
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122Manoel de Oliveira
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123Bertrand Tavernier
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124Don Edkins
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125Michael Hammon
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126Julie Dash
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127Roger Allers
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128Thierry Michel
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129Pedro Costa
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130Stephen Hopkins
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131Leon Gast
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132Raymond Depardon
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133François Woukoache
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134Christoph Schlingensief
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135Michel Ocelot
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136Gillies MacKinnon
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137Alan Lowery
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138Llewellyn M. Smith
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139Hubert Sauper
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140Claire Denis
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141Ridley Scott
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142François Woukoache
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143Arthur Howes
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144Arthur Howes
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145Caroline Link
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146Ray Müller
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147Radu Mihăileanu
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148Raymond Depardon
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149Abbas Kiarostami
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150Thierry Michel
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151Kevin Macdonald
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152Pixote Hunt
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153Tom Hooper
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154Ulrike Koch
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155Thom Fitzgerald
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156Hans Steinbichler
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157Laurent Salgues
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158Olaf de Fleur Johannesson
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159Marion Hänsel
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160Peter Heller
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161Newton I. Aduaka
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162Fernando Meirelles
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163Nikolaus Geyrhalter
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164James Honeyborne
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165Jihan El-Tahri
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166Daniel Gordon
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167Václav Marhoul
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168Claire Denis
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169Andrea Segre
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170Clint Eastwood
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171David E. Simpson
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172Philippe Van Leeuw
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173Sarah Vanagt
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174Sérgio Tréfaut
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175Justin Chadwick
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176Xavier Beauvois
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177Ivan Goldschmidt
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178Vibeke Muasya
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179Jarreth J. Merz
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180Barney Broomfield
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181Mika Kaurismäki
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182Gabriel Range
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183Sylvie Cachin
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184Fany de la Chica Serrano
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185Manu Gerosa
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186Jordi Ferrer Cortijo
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187Tim Hetherington
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188Juan Antonio Moreno Amador
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189Pierre-Yves Vandeweerd
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190Sara Terry
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191Ingrid Sinclair
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192Robert Guédiguian
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193Ulrich Köhler
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194Howard J. Ford
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195Lieven Corthouts
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196Martin Mareček
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197Marc Francis
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198Marie Voignier
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199Isaki Lacuesta
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200Joe Berlinger
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201Jeroen van Velzen
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202Miguel Gomes
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203Marc-Henri Wajnberg
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204Alvaro Longoria