Una Lettera dall'Africa
Directed byLeonardo Bonzi, Maner Lualdi (uncredited)
Produced byLeonardo Bonzi
CinematographyMarco Scarpelli
Production
company
Distributed byDEAR Film
Release date
  • 1951 (1951)
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Una Lettera dall'Africa is a 1951 Italian documentary film directed by Leonardo Bonzi, with Manulo Lualdi.[1][2]

The film, a documentary, shot in then state-of-the art Ferrania Color in Northern Africa, was produced by the Istituto Luce and was distributed by DEAR Film. It was screened at the Venice Film Festival from 1 to 30 September 1951.[3][4] In 2018 it was screened at the Crema Film Festival.[5]

The film documents a trip by car from Tripoli, Libya to Mogadishu, Somalia, covering the natural landscape and wildlife and documenting various civilizations and local customs along the way. The film also documents historical events and the locations of the battles, and the work of Italian missionaries across the region.[6] The trip takes the viewer along the Mediterranean coast and along the Nile enroute. Una Lettera dall'Africa is described as having a journalistic tone with poetic elements.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Adriano Aprà (9 December 2017). Breve ma veridica storia del documentario: Dal cinema del reale alla nonfiction (in Italian). Edizioni Falsopian. ISBN 9788893041041. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  2. ↑ Vincenzo Buccheri, Luca Malavasi (2005). La materia dei sogni: l'impresa cinematografica in Italia (in Italian). Carocci. p. 68. ISBN 9788843036790.
  3. ↑ "Reparto Attualità" (in Italian). senato.archivioluce.it. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  4. ↑ "Foto Attualità / Venezia: Festival del Cinema e Regata storica sul Canal Grande" (in Italian). patrimonio.archivioluce.com. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  5. ↑ "Crema Film Festival I° edizione" (in Italian). Spettakolo.it. 24 June 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  6. ↑ "Una lettera dall'Africa (1951)" (in Italian). Archivo del Cinema Italiano. Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  7. ↑ "Una Lettera dall'Africa" (in Italian). Mymovies.it. Retrieved 6 October 2020.


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