COSTUMES PRIMITIVOS DOS INDÍGENAS DE MOÇAMBIQUE
Brigada Cinematográfica Portuguesa (Fernandes Tomaz in Mozambico)
Usanze primitive degli indigeni del Mozambico / Primitive Customs of the Natives of Mozambique; Prod.: Agência Geral das Colónias 35mm. L.: 264 m. D.: 12’ a 20 f/s. Bn, imbibito / tinted.
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T. it.: Italian title. T. int.: International title. T. alt.: Alternative title. Sog.: Story. Scen.: Screenplay. F.: Cinematography. M.: Editing. Scgf.: Set Design. Mus.: Music. Int.: Cast. Prod.: Production Company. L.: Length. D.: Running Time. f/s: Frames per second. Bn.: Black e White. Col.: Color. Da: Print source
Film Notes
This is the very first ethnographic film in the colonial collection at the Cinemateca Portuguesa. This film may have been exhibited at the International Colonial Fair in Paris, 1931, where its author won a gold medal. It focuses on aspects of native life – everyday life, work and festivities – in several regions of Mozambique, shown here as a world apart from colonial rule. The Colonial Agency exhibited it for a long time.