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Africa, Blood and Guts

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Africa, Blood and Guts
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1hr 23min
Release:
1970
Directors:
Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco E. Prosperi
Distributor:
Blue Underground
Starring:
Frank Latimore, Franco E. Prosperi
Synopsis: Africa, Blood and Guts is an edited-down version of the 1966 documentary Africa, Addio, a follow up to the directors' Mondo Cane. Whereas the original 138-minute version of Addio sought to criticize practices and customs in 1960s Africa and demonstrated a fair amount of substance (drawing extreme controversy for its political and social observations about Africa), this reduced version exists only for the sake of exploitation - exclusively emphasizing homicides, genocides, mutilations, the butchering ... Full Synopsis
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Donald Guarisco, AMG Review
The most controversial of the films by pseudo-documentarians Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco Prosperi is also their most schizophrenic. Africa, Blood And Guts sets out to be an indictment of the corruption on both sides that ravaged Africa when it was freed from colonial rule in the 1960's. When it sticks to this mandate, it is powerful and often quite moving. For instance, a sequence where footage ... Full Review
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