Broken View. Congo and the magic lantern | Amsterdam University Press Journals Online
2004
Volume 30, Issue 1/2
  • ISSN: 0779-7397
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Abstract

Abstract

As an early projection device, the magic lantern was often used for colonial propaganda. For instance, to showcase and legitimize the ‘good works’ of the church in the colony. But lanterns were also used by missionaries in Africa to evangelize the local people and create a colonized mindset. This text is a reflection on the work process of , an essay film on colonial images from the Belgian Congo and the magic lantern. Through montage, collage, and assemblage the film examines and recontextualizes these images of the Belgian colonial past.

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