29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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Six Women Search for Africa

Leo Marten, Josef Laufer / Czech Republic / 1934 / 17 min.


synopsis

In the early 1930s, the famous race car driver Eliška Junková and the Aero factory organized the Aero Blue Team automobile expedition, in which four cars were sent to North Africa, three of which were crewed by women. The expedition, the purpose of which was to promote the resilience of Aero cars in the North African desert, is documented by a film that ambivalently addresses both women’s emancipation in the context of a male-dominated sport as well as the issue of colonial domination.

more about film

director: Leo Marten, Josef Laufer
photography: Vladimír Kavalier

contact

National Film Archive
Lukáš Hanzal
lukas.hanzal@nfa.cz

Screening time

Wednesday 28. 10. 2020, 09:00

Do historie: Expedice Kolonie

Film at festival

festival edition:2020
section:Into History: Expedition Colony
colour:Black and white

Info

director:Leo Marten, Josef Laufer
original title:Šest žen hledá Afriku
country:Czech Republic
year:1934
running time:17 min.

Festival partners

Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
Creative Europe Media
GEMO
Česká televize
Český rozhlas
Aktuálně.cz
Respekt
Dafilms

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