Africa Obscura (2010)

AFRICA OBSCURA is a documentary that concerns contemporary Africa as a photographic phenomenon. But this time, the record is made through the medium of old analogue photographic and motion-picture cameras, which were revived at the beginning of the 21st century. By this means, photographer Jan Svatos and his expedition is looking for a legacy of the pioneer-film-makers Martin and Osa Johnson in an arid and harsh northern Kenya region. One of the aim of the movie is to present this marginalized and despised northern Kenya in a new alluring light. The documentary authentically performs almost 100 years evolution of wildlife photography in this area and finds out, whether modern-day man, used to the simplicity of modern technology, is at all capable of taking photographs using outdated photographic equipment, including developing films in removable darkroom.