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The Great White of Lambarene (1995)

The Great White of Lambarene (1995)

Drama History
Release Date: 1995, April 26
Directors: Bassek Ba Kobhio
Countries: Cameroon, France, Gabon
Production: Ce.Na.Ci., Chrysalide Film, CNC, Canal+
Cast: Marisa Berenson, Dany Boon, Michel Peyrelon, Anne-Marie Pisani, Alex Descas, Élisabeth Bourgine, André Wilms, Magaly Berdy, Philippe Maury, Marcel Mvondo, Jérémie Ahouandjinou, Dine Alougbin

Overview:

Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965), the mission doctor, theologian and philosopher who founded a hospital in the rainforests of Gabon, achieved sainthood in his lifetime, at least in the popular imagination. The critical assessment of his life and works in recent years, however, has been slightly more ambivalent. Ba Kobhio Bassek is the first director to examine this medical missionary from a purely African point-of-view.

Keywords:

racial prejudice africa independence racial tension colonialism humanitarian cameroon