Ingagi (1930)

IMDb plot summary: An expedition enters an area of the Congo jungle to investigate reports of a gorilla-worshipping tribe. After many dangerous adventures, they come upon the tribe they sought, only to watch as a virgin is sacrificed to a huge gorilla, who takes her away. The expedition follows the gorilla in an attempt to save the woman.

Directed by William Campbell. Stars Sir Hubert Winstead, Charles Gemora, and Arthur Clayton.

Ingagi is a supposed African exploration documentary from 1930 that begins and ends with the promise of seeing a native tribe sacrifice one of their young women to the gorillas. Everything in between is pretty straightforward animal footage, some of which is pretty entertaining, but I did learn later that most of it was just stolen from someone else, and then they filmed fake stuff around it and tried to pass it off as an actual documentary, including scenes with gorillas that are obviously men in gorilla costumes, and the purported discovery of a new animal that is just a turtle with fake wings and scales attached to it. There's zero redeeming quality to any of this. Even if you want to watch cool animal footage, this isn't worth it because it's not only a 1930 movie, but it's a 1930 movie using 1915 footage  without permission, so the quality isn't great. Fortunately, 100 years later, there are much better animal films to watch that don't lately lie about native Africans to play on exploitative white fears.

How it entered my Flickchart:

🎥 Ingagi (1930)

📊 Ranked #4007/4027 on my Flickchart

🎯 Flickscore™: 1

lost to Tank (#2009 → #2005)

lost to End of Days (#3014 → #3008)

lost to The Out-of-Towners (#3520 → #3518)

lost to Lockdown (held at #3772)

lost to Just Like Heaven (held at #3897)

lost to The Family Stone (held at #3960)

lost to The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (held at #3991)

beat RocketMan (#4010 → #4011)

lost to Alvin and the Chipmunks (held at #4002)

lost to Manos: The Hands of Fate (#4006 → #4005)

beat Zombie Nightmare (#4008 → #4009)

lost to Flubber (#4007 → #4008)