Africa Addio
1966 mondo film by Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco E. Prosperi / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Africa Addio (also known as Africa: Blood and Guts in the United States and Farewell Africa in the United Kingdom) is a 1966 Italian mondo documentary film co-directed, co-edited and co-written by Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco E. Prosperi with music by Riz Ortolani. Jacopetti and Prosperi had gained fame (along with co-director Paolo Cavara) as the directors of Mondo Cane in 1962.
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Produced by | Angelo Rizzoli |
Narrated by | Sergio Rossi |
Cinematography | Antonio Climati |
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Music by | Riz Ortolani |
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Distributed by | Rizzoli (United States) |
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Running time | 140 minutes |
Language | Italian |
Box office | $2 million (Italy)[1] |
Africa Addio documents the end of the colonial era in Africa, and the violence and chaos that followed. The film was a huge success, which ensured the viability of the so-called "Mondo film" genre, a cycle of "shockumentaries"- documentaries featuring sensational topics. The film encountered criticism and praise due to its controversial content, but is nevertheless considered to be a very important film in the history of documentary filmmaking.[2]