Savages: The Story of Human Zoos (2018)
• September 5th, 2018 • 1h 32min
Documentary, History
Overview
For more than a century the great colonial powers put human beings, taken by force from their native lands, on show as entertainment, just like animals in zoos; a shameful, outrageous and savage treatment of people who were considered subhuman.
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