(crosspost from H-Flim)
I have not seen any mention of the 1976 Academy Award Winner as Best
Foreign Language Film, BLACK AND WHITE IN COLOR directed by Jean Jacques
Annaud. It is set in West Africa and looks at the World War I in a
triangulation of German, French, and African interrelationships. Part of
the kick of the film comes from the use of English subtitles which allow
the viewer to understand the conversations in all three languages which
are not understood by the characters.
It is available, or at least once was available, from Lorimar Home Video.
MR. JOHNSON, a more recent effort, also deals nicely with culture
conflict in East Africa.
Dick Crepeau
History Department
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL
<crepeau@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu>