A three-year documentary odyssey through the bloody social upheaval of 1960s Africa, this film from the directors of Mondo Cane is just as unflinching as its predecessor in its visual catalogue of atrocities but has some substance to back it up. Topics include the violent civil war in the Congo, the final days of colonial rule in Kenya, revolutions in Zanzibar and Angola, racial strife in Dar es Salaam, the Bahuti slaughter of the Rwandan Tutsi, and the mass extermination of thousands of animals in game enclaves. The considerable political content was greatly reduced when exploitation maven Jerry Gross released the film in America several years later as Africa, Blood and Guts, a version running almost an hour shorter than the original and emphasizing gore over historical perspective; to make things really confusing, the 2008 DVD reissue contains the original 138-minute version but was slapped with the title of the re-edit.
CAST & Crew: Sergio Rossi, Jomo Kenyatta, Gualtiero Jacopetti
DIRECTOR & WRITERS: Gualtiero Jacopetti, Franco Prosperi
Presented by Angelo Rizzoli
General Organiser: Stanislao Nievo
Director of Photography: Antonio Climati
Assistant (Camera) Operator: Federico Abussi, Ugo Valenti
Special Effects: Tonino Cacciuottolo
Assistant Editor: Clara Mattei, Maria Gianandrea
Music Directed and Orchestrated by: Riz Ortolani
Music Recorded/Published by: R.C.A. Italiana
Technical Supervisor: Paolo Ketoff
Re-recording Mixer: Fausto Ancillai
Synchronization: NIS Film
Distributed by Cineriz Mono Colour by Technicolor 2.35:1 (Techniscope) …...more
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