Africa Addio is a documentary horror film, maybe even an exploitation film or a mondo film. It's not the scariest film I've seen, but it's definitely the most disturbing, Even with the fact I saw a cut version (128 minutes). If you dislike racism or animal cruelty/massacre/murder/poaching, then don't watch this movie. The movie itself is about Africa after decolonization, and what happened to the people and their nations. The thing about this movie is that it's hard to judge. Some scenes are real, some are staged, and a lot of the audio is re-recorded. These fake scenes and re-recordings were probably done for dramatic effect, which is obviously wrong for the filmmakers to try and make the scenes more dramatic for the entertainment of the viewer. I also don't know if it's historically accurate or not. Multiple sources have claimed the footage is real, and just as many have claimed it's faked. Whatever the movie is, it certainly gets the job done at showing the cruelty and evils on earth, while also sometimes showing the happy moments (I mean the scenes that weren't faked). Some scenes were just heartbreaking and really evoked emotion out of me (but the realness of a few of the said scenes are questionable). In the end, Most of the movie was somewhat good. Another thing: at over 2 hours, the runtime stretched past it's welcome (by 20 minutes or so in my opinion). The soundtrack and cinematography were powerful at least. Overall, it's a sometimes real, sometimes staged, sometimes disturbing, sometimes powerful documentary. 6/10.
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