''Africa Speaks!'' is a 1930 American documentary film directed by Walter Futter and narrated by

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. It is an exploitation film.

Premise

Paul L. Hoefler Paul Louis Hoefler (1893–1982) was a photographer, reporter and cinematographer who filmed wildlife and tribal scenes in Africa that were used in the popular documentary film ''Africa Speaks! ''Africa Speaks!'' is a 1930 American documentary ...

heads a 1928 expedition to Africa capturing wildlife and tribes on film.

Production

Although the film was shot over the fourteen months of the expedition in the Serengeti and in Uganda, a scene involving an attack by a lion on a native was apparently staged at the

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in Los Angeles and involved a toothless lion. Hoefler wrote a book entitled ''Africa Speaks'' about the expedition that was published in 1931.

References in popular culture

The title of the film was parodied in the 1940 cartoon ''

Africa Squeaks ''Africa Squeaks'' is a 1940 Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' cartoon directed by Bob Clampett. The short was released on January 27, 1940, and stars Porky Pig. The cartoon is a parody of the movie ''Stanley and Livingstone'' starring Spencer Tracy ...

'' and the 1949

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film '' Africa Screams''.

DVD release

''Africa Speaks'' was released on Region 0

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on July 7, 2015.

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