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Title The Human Zoo: Science's Dirty Secret / Director: Narayanan, Srik
Published Australia : SBS 2, 2009
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Summary In the 19th and early 20th centuries, scientists were so fascinated by race that thousands of 'exotic' and indigenous people from all over the world were put on display in human zoos. The poignant story of Ota Benga, a Batwa pygmy taken from the Belgian Congo is a shameful example. He was first put on display at the 1904 St Louis World's Fair and then, unbelievably, at the Bronx Zoo. This documentary explores the degrading phenomenon of human zoos and the short step to the pseudoscience that inspired the Nazis. (From the UK) (Documentary) PG
Event Broadcast 2012-11-30 at 19:30:00
Notes Classification: PG
Subject Benga, Ota.
Ethnology -- Historiography.
Genetics -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Pygmies -- Crimes against.
Race awareness.
Human zoos.
United Kingdom.
Form Streaming video
Author Narayanan, Srik, director
Quarshie, Hugh, contributor