In the Land of Giants and Pygmies

In the Land of Giants and Pygmies

 

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0h 08m 1925 HD

IN THE LAND OF GIANT PYGMIES, a diary of Aurelio Rossi's 1925 trek into the immense Belgian Congo, preserves a long-gone-Colonial-era wonder at natural resources, "primitive" tribes, customs and costumes in Europe's cast African possessions, and implies that the "dark continent" could benefit from the "civilizing" influences of home.

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Director: Aurelio Rossis
  • Cast:
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