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Man of Africa (1953)
Directed by Cyril Frankel
Drama · 1h 13m
Filmed in Uganda, Man of Africa was assembled by legendary documentary producer John Grierson. The film depicts the mass migration of the Bakija and Batwa tribes to a new territory after the natural resources of their native soil has been depleted. The pro-ecological message is always present, but never so much as to degenerate into fatuous speechmaking. As a means to introduce the semblance of a plot, writer/director Cyril Frankel concentrates on the trials and tribulations of clerk-cum-farmer Jonathan (Frederick Bijurenda) and his native sweetheart Violet (Violet Mukabuerza). Print quality in Man of Africa varies from adequate to murky.
Cast
Gordon Heath
Crew
- Director
- Cyril Frankel
- Writer
- Montagu Slater
- Director of Photography
- Denny Densham
- Editor
- Alvin Bailey
- Producer
- John Grierson
Details
- Release date
- 1953-01-01
- Runtime
- 1h 13m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- Group 3