Re-up of Africa Addio. Part of the Mondo Cane collection. the creators of Goodbye Uncle Tom the Movie.
trailer
[flash]http://www.youtube.com/v/jREbKeursYA&rel=1[/flash]
AFRICA ADDIO
The Mondo Cane Collection features two different versions of Africa Addio - an English cut, the one that has been available before in North America, the one that played theatrically, and an all new Director's cut that restores nearly twenty minutes of never before seen footage back into the film with narration in Italian only which differs from the English narration, and a different editing scheme in certain scenes.
Jacopetti and Prosperi apparently spent almost three years in Africa, capturing the amazing and horrifying events that were engulfing the country as it went from a colony under British rule to it's own country under it's own government. When the British left power, the country fell into chaos as it went through the growing pains of trying to setup it's own government despite the persistence of rebel factions, religious and civil turmoil, insane racial issues and the continual rape of the country's wildlife by poachers.
"What the camera sees it films pitilessly, without sympathy, without taking sides" we are told. And what we see is one of the most amazing, disgusting, and fascinating films ever made. Documenting a series of inhumane massacres, big game hunting practices, and horrifying living conditions, the filmmakers captured history as it unfolded in front of their very eyes, at times putting their own lives at risk to capture the moment. We witness an angry soldier pull them out of their car at gun point, only to be let go for one of two reasons: the English cut claims they were released because their Italian passports meant that they were 'not white' and the director's cut claims that they were released for a 'reason that would be reported on later in the newspapers' and leaves it at that.
Some of the atrocities captured on film include the hunting of gazelles and elephants, who are harvested for their ivory tusks and then left to rot in the sun to be picked at by the vulture. Hippos are also slaughtered, and one pregnant beast has it's unborn baby torn from its still warm dead stomach. The wholesale slaughter of animals in this film is simply unreal, and absolutely horrifying.
But whereas we'd seen animals slaughtered in some of the director's earlier work, Africa Addio brings things a little bit further and pushes the envelope as we also witness actual executions, beatings, and the after effects of a massacre at Zanzibar, where from the safety of a helicopter we witness the shore littered with the bodies of the dead, being carried away in trucks that are literally filled with the dead bodies of those unfortunate enough to have had to give their lives, willingly or not.
By the time that United Nations eventually intervenes, racial and religious tensions between the warring factions of Africans, Muslims and whites has reached a fever pitch and innocent men, women and children are burned to death (thankfully we do not see this happen on camera) and left to rot in the sun like the animals that were slaughtered before them.
The trailer for the film claims it to be both dangerous and important, and I tend to agree with those sentiments. Hardly an easy film to watch, this one will stick with you for days to come whether you want it to or not. Those with less stern constitutions are advised to look elsewhere as this is one of the hardest films I've ever had to watch despite it's historical significance, regardless of how much of the footage is authentic or simulated.
Part 1 of 2. 1:01:45sec 700mb
Africa Addio.Eng.Mondo Cane.cd1.part1.rar - 350mb -
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UPAG1DP7
Africa Addio.Eng.Mondo Cane.cd1.part2.rar - 350mb -
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=X9RZ6UXQ
Part 2 of 2. 1:06:06sec 701mb
Africa Addio.Eng.Mondo Cane.cd2.part1.rar - 350mb -
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=45OGT0ON
Africa Addio.Eng.Mondo Cane.cd2.part2.rar - 343mb-
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=H2RYGK1X
part 1
[flash]http://www.youtube.com/v/p-S7iGK1Xoo&rel=1[/flash]
part 2
[flash]http://www.youtube.com/v/mArNObmNohQ&rel=1[/flash]
part 3
[flash]http://www.youtube.com/v/C109A1Z8p-k&rel=1[/flash]
(i cant embed flash it seems, so copy and paste the urls into the address bar to see the vids. the links the the rest will also be available that way.)
mind you Ive uploaded the english version. the youtube version is from director's cut which is italian and includes an extra 20 or so minutes of footage.