The Invention of Racism in Color (2023)

Year: 2023
Genres: Documentary, History, TV Movie
Countries: Germany
Languages: German
Runtime: 52 min

Name: The Invention of Racism in Color
Genre: Documentary, History, TV Movie
Released: 2023
Rating: 3.1

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.