In the Land of Giants and Pygmies (1925)

Directed by

Aurelio Rossi

Genre

documentary film, silent film

Country

Italy

Runtime

8 min

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This silent documentary follows a journey through colonial Congo in the 1920s. It shows landscapes and people using hand-colored footage.

observationaltraveloguehistoricalquietethnographicmeditativeretro

What happens

Au pays des colosses et des pygmées (Nel paese dei colossi e dei pigmei) est un film documentaire colorié au pochoir attribuée à Aurelio Rossi en 1925. Il retrace un voyage au Congo colonial dans les années 1920. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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