Caged in a Zoo: Ota Benga
2025 · 90 min
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In September, 1906, New York's Bronx Zoo briefly helf a Congolese man in a cage, alongside apes and chimpanzees. This is the story of Ota Benga, a man who was brought to America from a violent land, and found himself a spectacle to the masses. 0:00:00 - Introduction
0:02:09 - I: Origins & Congo "Free State"
0:06:35 - II: Sam & Otto
0:13:51 - III: The Louisiana Purchase Exposition
0:34:11 - IV: Return to the Congo
0:40:14 - V: Pygmy in New York City
0:48:04 - VI: "Is it a man?"
1:01:22 - VII: The Orphan
1:11:56 - VIII: Life in Lynchburg
1:19:12 - IX: Memories