Imperial projections : screening the German colonies Introduction The beginning of colonial film culture in Imperial Germany. From the variety theatre to the German colonial society Carl Muller: a colonial film maker The DKGs film shows: the colonies in motion Addressing the masses. The Hottentot election of 1907 The DKGs Kinematographenkampagne Rise and fall of the Kinemtographenkampagne Ethnographic filmmaking in the colonies Karl Weule in German East Africa The expedition in context: modern German ethnography Filming in the Colonies: Training and Improvisation Tourism Entertainment and Colonial Ideology. Colonial Films in Public Cinema The colonial travelogue Colonial films in transition: Robert Schumanns comeback Colonial film propaganda during the First World War. Setting up colonial war propaganda The Deutsche Kolonial filmgesellschaft (DEUKO) Conclusion