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Latuko

1952 · 56 min

A slow, dated ethnographic travelogue whose colonial gaze now feels as instructive as it is uncomfortable.

Directed by
Edgar M. Queeny
Genres
Documentary
Overview
In 1950, Edgar Monsanto Queeny returned from equatorial Sudan with 80,000 feet of exposed footage. From this mass of images, Queeny, the chairman of the Monsanto Chemical company, fashioned a fifty-minute color film about the "savage" Latuko tribe.

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Directed by
Edgar M. Queeny
Genres
Documentary
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • colonialism
  • race
  • identity
  • survival
  • nature
Places
  • countryside
  • wilderness
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Action2
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance0
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Edgar M. Queeny
Written by
Charles L. Tedford
Runtime
56 min
Country
United States of America

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