The Invention of Racism in Color
(2023)
May 3, 2023
(DE)
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Documentary, History, TV Movie
• 52m
Overview
Between 1907 and 1909, Robert Lohmeyer (1879-1959), a German pioneer of color photography, traveled through the German colonies in Africa and portrayed their landscapes and native peoples in color for the first time, thus fulfilling a laudable purpose; but also laying the foundations for an enduring racist vision of the entire continent.
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photographic evidence
racism
african tribe
indigenous community
african village
racist stereotype
indigenous peoples
observational documentary
african colony
indigenous tribes
internalized racism
anti-indigenous racism
anti-first nations racism
photographic narrative
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