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Our Africa (2018)
Directed by Alexander Markov
“Welcome to socialist Africa - a continent which only exists on celluloid!”
Documentary · 45m
1960. The USSR starts humanitarian aid programs based on Marxist ideology in several newly independent African countries. For more than 35 years the Soviets expand their influence in Africa. Soviet filmmakers are sent along to document the glorious advance of socialism on the entire continent. After the fall of the Soviet empire Russia lost political interest in Africa, but thousands of kilometers of footage shot on African soil remain. With the help of filmmakers from back then, OUR AFRICA will recreate the time of the “Great Utopia” and expose the mechanisms behind the creation of propaganda films.
Cast
José Eduardo dos Santos
Mikhail Gorbachev
Crew
- Director
- Alexander Markov
- Screenplay
- Alexander Markov
- Producer
- Alexander Markov, Heleen Gerritsen, Sahand Zamani
Details
- Original title
- Наша Африка
- Release date
- 2018-04-17
- Runtime
- 45m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- RU
- Spoken languages
- English, Spanish, Russian, Swahili, French
- Countries
- Russia
- Production
- Studio Lendoc