Leni Riefenstahl: Her Dream of Africa (2003)

Original title

Leni Riefenstahl: Ein Traum von Afrika

Directed by

Ray Müller

Genre

documentary film

Country

Germany

Runtime

58 min

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows Leni Riefenstahl as she returns to Sudan to visit the Nuba tribe. She had previously published photographs of the tribe in bestselling books. The film shows her interactions with the community.

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What happens

Leni Riefenstahl: Her Dream of Africa (Leni Riefenstahl: Ihr Traum von Afrika) is a 2003 documentary-film by Ray Müller. The film follows Leni Riefenstahl's return to Sudan to visit the Nuba tribe whom she published photographs of in best-sellers such as The Last of the Nuba and The People of Kau. It is the second collaboration between Riefenstahl and Müller. She was the subject of his acclaimed 1993 documentary The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl, which followed her life and reflected on her Nuba activities. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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