Voyage au Congo
Synopsis
Cinema has long fed our fascination with other cultures, and appears to be just one facet of what is a fundamentally visual fascination. One of the most elaborate manifestations of this was the 1931 Exposition Coloniale Internationale, held in Paris to celebrate ‘la France des 5 continents’. This exhibition sought to represent to the people of France their colonial world by reordering and reconstructing it into scenes or tableaux of everyday indigenous life. This entailed shipping over scores of indigènes and forcing them to act out the gestures of their ‘everyday lives’ under the eyes of 1930’s Parisian society. A slightly less elaborate, although equally controversial at the time, visual representation of The Other was one of the first film documentaries to be made which sought to represent the lives of a colonised people, Marc Allégret’s Voyage au Congo.
Key Information & Fast Facts
- Director
- Marc Allégret
- Screenplay & Story
- André Gide, Marc Allégret
- Original Title
- Voyage au Congo
- Country of Origin
- France
- Spoken Languages
- No Language, French
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Marc Allégret
André Gide, Marc Allégret
Department Leadership Roster
André Gide
Writer
Marc Allégret
Writer
Marc Allégret
Director
Production Stills & Gallery
Official cinematic photography and background stills for Voyage au Congo.
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What is Voyage au Congo about?
Cinema has long fed our fascination with other cultures, and appears to be just one facet of what is a fundamentally visual fascination. One of the most elaborate manifestations of this was the 1931 Exposition Coloniale Internationale, held in Paris to celebrate ‘la France des 5 continents’. This exhibition sought to represent to the people of France their colonial world by reordering and reconstructing it into scenes or tableaux of everyday indigenous life. This entailed shipping over scores of indigènes and forcing them to act out the gestures of their ‘everyday lives’ under the eyes of 1930’s Parisian society. A slightly less elaborate, although equally controversial at the time, visual representation of The Other was one of the first film documentaries to be made which sought to represent the lives of a colonised people, Marc Allégret’s Voyage au Congo.
Who directed Voyage au Congo?
Voyage au Congo was directed by Marc Allégret.
Who stars in Voyage au Congo?
The principal cast of Voyage au Congo includes Not specified.
When was Voyage au Congo released and how long is it?
Voyage au Congo was released in 1927 with a total runtime of 1h 40m.