Africa abused

Unsere Afrikareise (1966)

Directed by Peter Kubelka this is an avant-garde documentary with the English title “Our trip to Africa”. A group of European hunters travel through an unspecified part of Africa.

Thanks to the skilful editing it quickly becomes clear that the point of this film is to highlight the ways Africa and it's people are taken advantage of by wealthy Europeans. There are many images that are not pleasant viewing, especially those involving hunting. My only criticism would be that even at 12 minutes the film is too long, at 4 minutes in the point of the piece is well made and the rest seems unnecessary.

4/5