The African Tale

The African Tale (1963)

Африканская сказка

A USSR animated short adapted from one of Jomo Kenyatta's fables.

Date of release
1963-12-12
TMDB
9.0 / 10 (2)
Runtime
15m
Genres
Animation, Drama
Director
Leonid Aristov, Igor Nikolaev

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Jomo Kenyatta

The African Tale is a 1963 Soviet animated film about the enslavement of a black man by "civilized" animals, directed by Leonid Aristov and Igor Nikolaev and based on the legend of Jomo Kenyatta, the leader of the Kenyan national movement. It is an allegorical story about the struggle of African peoples against colonizers. The film was released in 1963, the year Kenya gained independence from Great Britain and Jomo Kenyatta was elected president.

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