The Tragic Story of Fritz the Elephant (2023)
• November 23rd, 2023 • 0h 53min
Documentary, History
Overview
The story of the birth of the exploitation of wild animals, the fruit of the iron twinning between the Industrial Revolution and the omnipotent and arrogant logic of colonialism, told through the multiple tribulations of Fritz, an Asian elephant who, one hundred and fifty years ago, worked in the largest circus in the world.
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