African Mirror

African Mirror

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 8, 2019

Runtime

1h 24m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

80%

Original Title

African Mirror

Production Companies

ton und bild GmbH

Director

Mischa Hedinger

Description

Comprised entirely of archive material, drawing on a rich seam of documents to reveal how Swiss filmmaker and travel writer René Gardi left his mark on how a whole generation viewed Africa from the 1950s onwards. The film doesn’t just highlight Gardi’s colonialist way of thinking, but also functions as a reflection on the projections of Africa of today.