Agassizhorn: Mountain of Shame (2018)

overview : In the Bernese Alps, the Agassizhorn peak memorialises Louis Agassiz – a controversial 19th-century scientist, who not only named the mountain after himself, but who claimed he had discovered the Ice Age and went on to become one of the century's most virulent, most influential racists.

Release Date : Dec 05, 2018

Runtime : 27m

Genre : Documentary  

Companies : Lichtgarage

Countries : Switzerland

Keywords : photography, switzerland, slavery, colonialism, alps mountains, swiss alps, mountaineering, post-colonial, agassizhorn, louis agassiz, swiss colonialism