The Twenties in Colour - The End of a World

Series examining Albert Kahn's 'Archives of the Planet' project, in which he sent photographers around the world to document major events. Features the films shot by Lucien Le Saint with the French fishing fleets in the waters of Newfoundland; the film and colour autochromes shot by Frederic Gadmer during his visit to record voodoo religious practices in Benin; and the experimental colour films produced by Camille Sauvageot in 1928 depicting the lives of French farmers, gypsies and bullfighters.