On the Dark Continent

In the 1950s a big stir was made by a book and its corresponding movie called The Ugly American Its subject was the grievous damage done to local cultures by wellmeaning but essentially clueless and frequently arrogant representatives of the US Since then the phenomenon of cultural damage cause by arrogant tourists and visitors has been demonstrated to be something everyone is capable of In this thoughtful comic drama the subject is Italians overseas In this film Malindi Kenya is the playground of rich Italians