The Invention of Racism in Color
Original title: Die Erfindung des Rassismus in Farbe
6.8(3)202352mDE
Directed by Michael Mueller-Erdorf
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 evidenceracismafrican tribeindigenous communityafrican villageracist stereotypeindigenous peoplesobservational documentaryafrican colonyindigenous tribesinternalized racismanti-indigenous racism
