Africa Speaks! (1930)

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Country: USA
Genres: Adventure, Documentary, History
Release: 1930-08-15
Director: Walter Futter
Writers: Walter Futter
Language: English | French
Stars: Harald Austin , Paul L. Hoefler , Lowell Thomas , Charles Gemora
Runtime: 75 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Afrika spricht! (Germany) , L'Afrique vous Paris , L'Afrique vous parle (Belgium) , Afrika Talar (Sweden) , A Voz da África (Brazil) , Das Paradies der Hölle (Germany) , A Voz de África (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Africa Speaks! (United States of America) , Afrikas stemme (Denmark) , Afrika spricht! (Austria) , Africa Speaks! , Afrika spreekt U (Belgium) , L'Afrique vous parle (France, French Republic) , Das Paradies der Hölle (Austria)
Plot: Hear the hoof-beats of the gnus and see a young boy chased down and killed by a lion (sans the screams)was what "Africa Speaks!" promised, and delivered. Filmed on the Colorado African Expedition of 1928, headed by Paul L. Hoefler, this film rose above the 'jungle-graph' films of the past---"Chang" excepted---because of the sound and not the views of the Dark Continent offered, albeit most of these were new views that some of the critics debated over whether or not some of them were staged. It contained: a locust swarm that devoured everything but the expedition camera; a visit to the duck-billed pygmy tribe in which the females of the tribe had discs inserted beneath their lips when very young and, as they grow older, larger discs replace the previous discs; an antelope---called and spelled illampa in the film---that jumps forty feet backward or forward when frightened and some slow-motion shots are used. "Africa Speaks!" showed Africa to be both dangerous and noisy.
IMDB:tt0174450