''Naked Africa'' is a 1957 American
documentary film
A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in te ...
about Africa released under the pretense of being an educational ethnographic film. It was released on a double bill with ''
White Huntress''.
[Gary A. Smith, ''American International Pictures: The Golden Years'', Bear Manor Media 2013 p 59] The film was later re-rereleased under the title ''Mondo Africana'' to exploit the
shockumentaries ''
Mondo Cane
''Mondo Cane'' (literally "Doggish World" or "Dog's World", a mild Italian profanity) is a 1962 Italian mondo documentary film and directed by the trio of Gualtiero Jacopetti, Paolo Cavara, and Franco E. Prosperi, with narration by Stefano S ...
'' and ''
Africa Addio''.
See also
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List of American films of 1957
A list of American films released in 1957. ''The Bridge on the River Kwai'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
A-B
C-H
I-N
O-Q
R-T
U-Z
See also
* 1957 in the United States
References
External links
1957 filmsat the Interne ...
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Nudity in film
In film, nudity may be either graphic or suggestive, such as when a person appears to be naked but is covered by a sheet. Since the birth of film, depictions of any form of sexuality have been controversial, and in the case of most nude scene ...
References
External links
*{{IMDb title, 0139486
1957 films
American International Pictures films
1950s English-language films