Underplayed Gems

Ouanga (1935)

Ouanga poster
Directed by
George Terwilliger
Country
United States
Runtime
56 min
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A woman uses voodoo to try to win back her white lover who married someone else. The film deals with interracial romance and portrays voodoo practitioners as primitive.

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What happens

Ouanga, also advertised as The Love Wanga, is a voodoo-themed 1936 American film starring Fredi Washington. George Terwilliger wrote and directed the film. The film's themes include miscegenation and it features various racial stereotypes and portrays the people who practice voodoo as primitive. The movie is considered to be perhaps the second zombie film ever made after White Zombie. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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