Africa Speaks

Release Date: August 15, 1930

Run Time: 75 mins

Genre: Documentary, Adventure, History

Color: Black and White

Country: USA

Director: Walter Futter

Stars: Harald Austin, Paul L. Hoefler, Lowell Thomas

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Synopsis: See the real Africa - HEAR the real Africa! Experience the lives - the loves - the vengeance and triumphs of the people of the mysterious Congo. This thrilling documentary finds filmmaker Walter Futter following an expedition into darkest Africa, encountering such delights as a ravenous locust swarm that devours everything in sight, and a duck-billed pygmy tribe. The new art of the sound camera makes the dark continent give up its most amazing and closely-guarded secrets - Lions Roar! Zebras Bark! Elephants Scream! - creating an authentic and rare record of humans and beasts never before seen or photographed!

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Format: Pro-Res, 23.98 fps, SD