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“WeporeovermaterialrelatingtoItaliancolonialEthiopia(Abyssinia),recentlyunearthedinaprivatefilmarchive.Wescourthoseindividualfilmframesofcolonialism,studyingthemwithamagnifyinglens,andtranscribethecaptions.Thematerialwasintendedforprivatehomeviewing,insilence.Inthesefilmicfragments,examinedbyhand,withoutaprojector,areindicationsofwhoownedthefilms,thosesequencestowhichtheyreturnedoverandover.Oursisadualreading,thatoftheimagesthemselvesandthewayinwhichtheywereconsumed.AnEthiopianwomanonherkneeswearingatopthatleavesherbreastsbare,abeardedsoldierwhowashesherheadsymbolically:certainwordsrecurinthecaptions,suchasbarbaric,primitive,pillager,bigamy.AmongthefilmswefindanumberofmilitarysequencesshowingtheviolenceoftheItalianventuretoconquerEthiopiaandthephrase:‘Civilizationnowdawnsinthisprimitiveandbarbariccountry’.TheseconstituteanimageofMussoliniinAfrica:amessagetothemassesviahisphysicalattributes,aunique,unequaledicon.”(YervantGianikian&AngelaRicciLucchi)
