Notes Towards an African Orestes

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The director presents takes and scenes filmed on location in Africa for a film-that-never-was, a black Oresteia.

Cast: Gato Barbieri, Donald F. Moye, Marcello Melis, Yvonne Murray, Archie Savage, more

Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini

Genres: Documentary

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