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Tembo (1951)

Tembo poster
Directed by
Howard Hill
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 20m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A hunter travels across equatorial Africa looking for a remote tribe called the Leopard Men. The film documents his 30,000 mile expedition and the people and wildlife he encounters along the way.

observationaladventurousdatedslow-pacedtravelogue-stylematter-of-factnostalgiceducational

What happens

Tembo is a 1951 American documentary film which follows the travels of hunter Howard Hill through equatorial Africa. Hill produced and directed the documentary. The expedition traveled 30,000 miles as they attempted to discover a remote tribe, called the "Leopard Men". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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