Ingagi (1930) dir. William S. Campbell

Ingagi is a 1930 PreCode mockumentary exploitation film directed by William S. Campbell. It purports to be a documentary about Sir Hubert Winstead of London on an expedition to the Belgian Congo, and depicts a tribe of gorillaworshipping women encountered by the explorer. The film claims to show a ritual in which African women are given over to gorillas as sex slaves, but in actuality was mostly filmed in Los Angeles, using American actresses in place of natives. It was produced and distributed by Nat Spitzer s Congo Pictures, which had been formed expressly for this production. Although marketed under the pretense of being ethnographic, the premise was a fabrication, leading the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Association to retract any involvement.