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British Colonial War

Zulu 1964 – Empire triumphs

Director: Cy Endfield.   Cast: Stanley Baker, Nigel Green, Michael Caine (introducing)   In the early to mid-1960s, massive worldwide shifts happened. All the “colonies” were becoming independent. Old timers could see their nations crumble in front of their eyes. No wonder, in this atmosphere, the English-speaking world took to a gentleman named James Bond,…

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Zulu Dawn (1979). Empire’s Disaster

Director: Douglas Hickox. Cast: Burt Lancaster, Peter O’Toole, Simon Ward, Bob Hoskins   Films on the British Empire usually have a familiar trope – the “Empire brought civilisation “and “progress”.  Rarely are the subjects of the Empire treated with respect. Mostly the “local natives” are treated onscreen with ridicule and scorn. Wicked local villains usually…

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