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Black Africa, white marble / produced by Terence Ward ; Fourlab ; directed by Clemente Bicocchi.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- Italian
- Subjects (All):
- Brazza, Pierre Savorgnan de, 1852-1905.
- Brazza, Pierre Savorgnan de.
- Pucci, Idanna, 1945-.
- Pucci, Idanna.
- Teke (African people)--Kings and rulers.
- Teke (African people).
- Explorers.
- Kings and rulers.
- Congo (Brazzaville)--Kings and rulers.
- Congo (Brazzaville).
- Political corruption--Congo (Brazzaville).
- Political corruption.
- Explorers--Congo (Brazzaville)--Biography.
- Congo (Brazzaville)--History.
- History.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Biographies.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming media file (86 min.) : digital, sound, color
- Place of Publication:
- Brooklyn, N.Y. : Icarus Films, [2012]
- Language Note:
- Italian and French with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- System requirements: access to Internet or Intranet ; media player.
- Summary:
- The president of Congo-Brazzaville plans to transfer the remains of 19th century pacifist explorer Pietro Savorgnan di Brazza, founder of Brazzaville, from his grave in Algiers to a multimillion-dollar marble mausoleum in Congo's impoverished capital. But Brazza's Italian descendant discovers the truth behind this extravagant project. Violence, corruption and skull-duggery lie at the heart of this affair as Idanna Pucci battles to defend the ideals of her ancestor and save King Makoko, the great African spiritual leader and a living descendant of Makoko Iloo I, Brazza's 'blood brother'.
- Credits:
- Camera, Clemente Bicocchi, Giancarlo Cammerini, Terence Ward ; editing, Clemente Bicocchi, Terence Ward ; music, People Gabon ; La Choral Huerfanos ; shadow and puppet theatre, Mariano Dolci with Maurizio Barcaglioni ... [et al.] ; music improvisation, Nanni Canale ; voices, Massimo Malucelli ; animation, Paolo Moretti.
- Notes:
- Adapted from the story "Journey to Congo : speaking truth to power" in the book by Idanna Pucci: Brazza in Congo : a life and legacy.
- Publisher Number:
- if-bawm Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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