Africa addio (1966)

Directors:

Gualtiero Jacopetti
Franco Prosperi

Writers:

Gualtiero Jacopetti (writer)
Franco Prosperi (writer)

Release Date:

11 February 1966 (Italy)

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

You May LOVE It! You May HATE It! But You'll Not FORGET It!

Plot:

The second official sequel to the original shockumentary, displaying cruel acts of animal poaching and violence, executions, and tribal slaughtering, all taking place on the African continent.

Plot Keywords:

Execution | Mau Mau | Mondo | Shockumentary | Actual Animal Killed

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Sergio Rossi

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Narrator (voice)

Also Known As:

Adios Africa (USA)
Africa Blood and Guts (USA) (cut version)
Africaddio (Italy) (DVD box title)
Farewell Africa (UK) (video title)

Runtime:

140 min | Sweden:116 min | USA:83 min (1970 release) | USA:122 min | Norway:124 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Norway:16 | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) (re-rating) (2003) | Canada:R (Nova Scotia) (original rating) | West Germany:18 (heavily cut) (video premiere) | Finland:(Banned) (1967) | Finland:K-16 (re-rating: 1968) (cut) | USA:R | UK:X (heavily cut) | Italy:VM18 | Italy:VM14 (DVD) | Australia:R | Sweden:15

Company:

Cineriz

Trivia:

Despite having almost half of the original material removed, the English print under the title Africa Blood and Guts is noted as being more gruesome than the original, uncut print, as any scenes of pleasantness or history have been removed, leaving only the most violent and disturbing footage untouched.

Movie Connections:

Edited into Final Journeys (1998) (V)

Political correctness destroyed this film

This is the ONLY example of which I'm aware where the complete loss of a film is ignored by all media and critics. I saw this documentary on its original release in, I believe, 1967. It was very disturbing because of the miles of animal bones and bodies it displayed. It squarely placed the blame on both the whites AND the black native inhabitants. And the latter is, imho, the reason this film has disappeared. You can't find the lousiest, most edited version, let alone the original. And this movie was made by Academy Award winners for an earlier foreign film, so it's not like it was just a throwaway cheepie.