"Ingagi" is a cheap exploitation film that apparently earned the filmmakers a TON of money. It's hard to imagine as you watch most of the movie because it is so very dull. However, near the end you see 'Ingagi'. The local tribe apparently engages in a weird system of bestiality by offering women to the gorillas! In the process, you see a bit of skin...and that probably was THE reason the film earned anything at all...as folks could say they were going to see an educational film when it actually was just a veil for nude women!

The film apparently made on the cheap...and much of it was faked. Some of the African animals are not African at all...such as armadillos and alligators from North America and the apes that had their way with the Ingagi women were Asian orangutans (though there's also a man in an ape suit in some scenes)! But it is much worse. Much of the footage was actually taken from an serious ethnographic film made many years before (hence it being a silent film apart from the narration) and the rest was faked. Many of the African animals were actually filmed in the L. A. Zoo! And those tiny pygmy people were just Black-American kids! I have no idea who the naked black women were and where they got that footage!

The bottom line is that this is a terrible, fake and yet incredibly boring movie. It is interesting to see so you can see how bad the film was...and yet it apparently fooled a lot of folks back in the day! It's also a prime example of an exploitational film at its worst....with not much to commend it.

THE STORY & GENRE CONTENT -- "Giant" gorilla worshiped by African tribe, "missing link" offspring. This is hoax "found-footage" stuff, which makes the genre part near the end laughable.

THE VERDICT -- You will root for this movie at the beginning, then hoot at the end... Regarding so-called "racism" here, there is none. They use young black kids for pygmies, but otherwise this is fairly respectful of people in general... I also had a hard time believing this was produced in 1930, probably because the picture clarity is so great, and but sad to say it plays like Ed Wood.

FREE ONLINE -- Yes, at 82 minutes (longer than listed 75 minutes),red tinted.

GENRE CONTENT: "giant" gorilla worshiped by African tribe, "missing link" offspring.. INTERESTING? Captures you early until you realize this is hoax "found-footage" stuff, which makes the genre part near the end laughable.. DOES WHAT IT SET OUT TO DO? (1) I'm not buying this as a 1930 production, so if it wanted me to believe that, then fail, and in fact this comes off more like a 1950's production from the hand of Ed Wood or Jerry Warren, (2) they did a decent if obvious job with "documentary" footage, (3) nothing startling, which appears to be the aim. BOTTOM LINE: You will root for this movie at the beginning, then hoot at the end. SIDE NOTE: Regarding so-called "racism" here, there is none. They use young black kids for pygmies, but otherwise this is fairly respectful of people in general. You don't have to be on edge looking for worries about everything.