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Ingagi
Sign in to saveIngagi is a 1930 pre-Code pseudo-documentary exploitation film directed by William S. Campbell. It purports to be a documentary about "Sir Hubert Winstead" of London on an expedition to the Belgian Congo and depicts a tribe of gorilla-worshipping women encountered by the explorer.
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4.1An expedition enters an area of the Congo jungle to investigate reports of a gorilla-worshipping tribe.
Cast
- Sir Hubert Winstead as Explorer
- Daniel Swayne as Explorer
- Arthur Clayton as Explorer
- Louis Nizor as Explorer
- Charles Gemora as Ingagi (uncredited)
Themes
- virgin
- gorilla
- congo
- exploitation
- jungle
- pre-code
- found footage
- horror
- action
- adventure
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Ingagi is a 1930 pre-Code pseudo-documentary exploitation film directed by William S. Campbell. It purports to be a documentary about "Sir Hubert Winstead" of London on an expedition to the Belgian Congo and depicts a tribe of gorilla-worshipping women encountered by the explorer.
The film claims to show a ritual in which African women are given over to gorillas as sex slaves, but in actuality was mostly filmed in Los Angeles, using American actresses in place of natives. It was produced and distributed by Nat Spitzer's Congo Pictures, which had been formed expressly for this production. Although marketed under the pretense of being ethnographic, the premise was a fabrication, leading the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Association to retract any involvement.
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