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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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