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Africa Addio

  • 7.0 /10

  • 37

Plot

A documentary about the end of the colonial era in Africa, portraying acts of animal poaching, violence, executions, and tribal slaughter.

Cast

Sergio Rossi as Narrator (voice)
Sergio Rossi

as Narrator (voice)

Jomo Kenyatta as (archive footage)
Jomo Kenyatta

as (archive footage)

Gualtiero Jacopetti as Himself (uncredited)
Gualtiero Jacopetti

as Himself (uncredited)

Julius Nyerere as Himself (uncredited)
Julius Nyerere

as Himself (uncredited)

Moïse Kapenda Tshombe as Himself (uncredited)
Moïse Kapenda Tshombe

as Himself (uncredited)

Richard Gordon Turnbull as Himself (uncredited)
Richard Gordon Turnbull

as Himself (uncredited)

Ian Yule as Himself (uncredited)
Ian Yule

as Himself (uncredited)

Movie Facts

Rated

  • R

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • February 11, 1966

Production Companies

  • Cineriz

Production Countries

  • Italy

Spoken Language

  • Italiano

Budget

  • $0.00

Revenue

  • -

Runtime

  • 2.30 hrs

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Reviews

AFRICA ADDIO (1966) is a difficult work to evaluate. Released at a time when most major media resources were focused on the Vietnam War, co-directors Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco Prosperi were among a very, very small group of people documenting the unrest which accompanied the decolonization of Africa. More than 50 years after its release, this is still a brutally graphic film: human death is …