Les chasseurs d’ivoire
Les chasseurs d'ivoire
Alfred Machin worked for Pathé, shooting an enormous number of shorts in Africa between 1907 and 1912. Here, he follows the process of hunting an elephant, struggling with the corpse, removing the tusks and then on to the workshops where craftsmen fashion new objects.
Also in this combined programme
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Teug: Chaudronnerie d’Art
Our heroes take broken engines and dismantle them, recovering the aluminium and reshaping it into a variety of cooking utensils. -
Blind Date
Inspired by the Baganda tribal creation myth of Kintu, the first man and woman on earth are observed during their sensual awakening. -
Promenade du Sudan
A whirlwind tour through one of the largest countries of Africa in five minutes, from frenetic sabre-wielding dancers to artisans working in a foundry -
Borderline
A ground-breaking film for its treatment of race and sexuality starring black American icon Paul Robeson, depicting an inter-racial love triangle in a
Film details
- Country of production
- France
- Year
- 1912
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2010
- Length
- 6'
- Medium/Format
- 35mm
