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Feature film — 2023

The Invention of Racism in Color (2023)

6.80h 52mDocumentary — History — TV Movie

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.

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WDR / ARTE / Zeitsprung Pictures

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Director: Michael Mueller-Erdorf

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Josef Tratnik as Voice Actor (voice)

Josef Tratnik

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Birgitt Fleck

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Robert Steudtner

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