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The Invention of Racism in Color

2023Directed by Michael Mueller-Erdorf

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Released: May 3, 2023
Runtime: 52m

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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.

Director: Michael Mueller-Erdorf
Writers: Jens Jäger
Michael Mueller-Erdorf
Original title: Die Erfindung des Rassismus in Farbe

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