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MOVIE

The Invention of Racism in Color

Name: The Invention of Racism in Color
Director: Michael Mueller-Erdorf
Genre: Documentary, History, TV Movie
Released: 2023-05-03
Cast: Josef Tratnik, Birgitt Fleck, Robert Steudtner

Between 1907 and 1909, Robert Lohmeyer (1879-1959), a German pioneer of color photography, traveled through the German colonies in Africa and portrayed their landscapes and native peoples in color for the first time, thus fulfilling a laudable purpose; but also laying the foundations for an enduring racist vision of the entire continent.

Between 1907 and 1909, Robert Lohmeyer (1879-1959), a German pioneer of color photography, traveled through the German colonies in Africa and portraye… + more

Original Title

Die Erfindung des Rassismus in Farbe

Release Date

2023-05-03

Year

2023

Duration

52m

Status

Released

Score

6.80

Genres

Documentary History TV Movie

Production

#photographic-evidence#racism#african-tribe#indigenous-community#african-village#racist-stereotype#indigenous-peoples#observational-documentary#african-colony#indigenous-tribes#internalized-racism#anti-indigenous-racism#anti-first-nations-racism#photographic-narrative

Cast

Josef Tratnik

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Birgitt Fleck

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Robert Steudtner

Voice Actor (voice)