Black Africa, White Marble

Black Africa, White Marble is a 2012 Italian documentary about Congo-Brazzaville made by Clement Bicocchi.

[2] The documentary is framed around the plans of Sassou Nguesso to transfer the remains of Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza from his grave in Algiers to a $9 million mausoleum in Brazzaville.

The documentary follows a visit to Congo by one of Brazza's descendants, the Italian writer Idanna Pucci.

Worse, they diminish the status of the current King Makoko, spiritual leader of the Bateke, whose ancestor had signed the pact with Brazza in 1880.

[4] It won the Silver Punt Audience Award for best documentary at the 33rd Cambridge Film Festival.