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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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xrystyna

18Aug12

this probably could qualify: http://mubi.com/films/tabu

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divya

20Feb12

The Ghost and The Darkness merit a mention too.

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wwww

13Mar11

I didn't see The Naked Prey.

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Roslyn

29Sep10

how about the Italian documentary by Paolo Pasolini - Appunti per un'Orestiade africana

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