An experimental ethnographic documentary that criticizes the colonizer view of anthropology.
Direction
Omar weaponizes the ethnographic form against itself.
Editing
Jarring cuts that mirror colonial fragmentation.
Director
Arthur Omar
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Brazil's short-lived but radical Cinema Marginal movement, which rejected both Hollywood and nationalist Third Cinema.
The title references the infamous 1956 Belgian documentary 'Bwana Tumbo Wa Uhuru'—Omar essentially made an anti-sequel.
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