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JohnConnor
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06 Feb 2013, 12:48 am

Is there anybody out there that could recommend some good films for me to watch that deal with the subject of British Colonial Expansion into Africa. I'm a big fan of the subject and would like to hear some suggestions. Preferably films that are historically accurate.



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06 Feb 2013, 6:17 am

<< Moved, from Random to TV, Film & Video >>

JohnConnor, I've moved your thread, as I think you'll get more responses in this forum.


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06 Feb 2013, 6:56 am

Hmmm......have you ever seen the film The Ghost and the Darkness? This historical document is beautifully done & one of my favourites.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncG6epwTlEE[/youtube]


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06 Feb 2013, 2:08 pm

There is a film called Zulu with Michael Caine I think. It is from the 60s and I remember is about war in Africa.



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06 Feb 2013, 4:38 pm

According to Wikipedia, there is a BBC made-for-TV film called The Happy Valley starring Denholm Elliott and Holly Aird. It's about It is set in the British colony of Kenya in the 1930s, and tells the true story of murder of Josslyn Victor Hay, the 22nd Earl of Erroll, as seen through the eyes of 15 year-old Juanita Carberry, the daughter of John Carberry, a friend of Broughton's. It's never been officially released on DVD and is very hard to find, largely due some rather painful - and apparently delectable, if you're a BDSM type - looking caning scenes. There is another film called White Mischief, which is about the very same subject and is easily and cheaply available on DVD in the UK (it's under a fiver at Sainsbury's Online).