Africa Blood and Guts (1966) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1966 · 138 mins · Italian

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Directed by

Franco Prosperi

Starring

Gualtiero Jacopetti, Sergio Rossi, Ian Yule, Moïse Kapenda Tshombe, Julius Nyerere, Jomo Kenyatta

The film confronts viewers with unflinching images of 1960s turmoil across Africa, set against a continent‑wide backdrop of upheaval. As nations shed colonial rule, revolutions—especially in Zanzibar and Kenya—sparked massacres that killed thousands. It also shows hunters and poachers slaughtering wildlife, presenting a portrait of widespread violence.