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A Time There Was: Stories from the last days of Kenya Colony
directed by Donald McWilliams, 1935-; produced by Adam Symansky, fl. 1977-2010 and Marcy Page, fl. 1977-2015, National Film Board of Canada (Montreal, QC: National Film Board of Canada, 2009), 1 hour 27 mins
This autobiographical documentary revisits the Mau Mau Rebellion of the 1950s. More than 50 years after the conflict, in which the director participated as a young British soldier stationed in Kenya for his national service, he confronts his past with audacity and unflinching self-inquiry. Combining McWilliams' ow...
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directed by Donald McWilliams, 1935-; produced by Adam Symansky, fl. 1977-2010 and Marcy Page, fl. 1977-2015, National Film Board of Canada (Montreal, QC: National Film Board of Canada, 2009), 1 hour 27 mins
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This autobiographical documentary revisits the Mau Mau Rebellion of the 1950s. More than 50 years after the conflict, in which the director participated as a young British soldier stationed in Kenya for his national service, he confronts his past with audacity and unflinching self-inquiry. Combining McWilliams' own photographic record of the times with original animation and archival imagery, A Time There Was crafts a thoughtful account of the Ma...
This autobiographical documentary revisits the Mau Mau Rebellion of the 1950s. More than 50 years after the conflict, in which the director participated as a young British soldier stationed in Kenya for his national service, he confronts his past with audacity and unflinching self-inquiry. Combining McWilliams' own photographic record of the times with original animation and archival imagery, A Time There Was crafts a thoughtful account of the Mau Mau Rebellion – one of the most contentious episodes in Britain’s imperial endgame.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Adam Symansky, fl. 1977-2010, Marcy Page, fl. 1977-2015, National Film Board of Canada
Author / Creator
Donald McWilliams, 1935-
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
National Film Board of Canada
Topic / Theme
Rebellions, Africans, Colonization, Decolonization, Mau Mau Uprising, 1952-1960, War and Violence, Imperialism and Colonialism, Gikuyu, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2009 National Film Board of Canada
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Timewatch, Palestine: The First Intifada
produced by Antonia Benedek, fl. 1976-1989, in Timewatch (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1991), 2 hours 1 mins
The Intifada, as the Palestinians call their uprising against the Israeli military occupation of their land, has been characterised by acts of violence from both sides. However, 50 years ago it was the British who were the focus of a rebellion by Palestinian Arabs. Timewatch investigates that uprising, talking to...
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produced by Antonia Benedek, fl. 1976-1989, in Timewatch (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1991), 2 hours 1 mins
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The Intifada, as the Palestinians call their uprising against the Israeli military occupation of their land, has been characterised by acts of violence from both sides. However, 50 years ago it was the British who were the focus of a rebellion by Palestinian Arabs. Timewatch investigates that uprising, talking to many elderly Palestinians, Britons who served in the Palestinian Police Force and General Hackett of the British Army in Palestine.
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Antonia Benedek, fl. 1976-1989, Juliet Stevenson, 1956-
Date Published / Released
1991
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Timewatch
Speaker / Narrator
Juliet Stevenson, 1956-
Topic / Theme
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (1948 -- ), Israeli, Palestinian, Guerrilla warfare, Decolonization, Immigration and emigration, Imperialism, Rebellions, Arab-Israeli Conflicts, 1949-, Imperialism and Colonialism, Migration and Diaspora, War and Violence, Politics & Policy, History, Documentation of Crimes, World History, Israelis, Palestinians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000), 21st Centur...
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (1948 -- ), Israeli, Palestinian, Guerrilla warfare, Decolonization, Immigration and emigration, Imperialism, Rebellions, Arab-Israeli Conflicts, 1949-, Imperialism and Colonialism, Migration and Diaspora, War and Violence, Politics & Policy, History, Documentation of Crimes, World History, Israelis, Palestinians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000), 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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