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Black As Hell and Thick As Grass (1971)
Directed by Michael Pearce
Documentary, History, War · 1h 04m
An account of two battles between Zulus and the British at Isandhlwana and Rorke's Drift, from the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War, written and presented by Kenneth Griffith. Mr. Griffith, a Welshman, presents the history of British politics and policies which led to the confrontation between the British Army and the Zulus, reading letters from the soldiers, diary entries from the officers, as well as observations from the Zulu warriors and their king.
Cast
Kenneth Griffith
Crew
- Director
- Michael Pearce
- Writer
- Kenneth Griffith
- Producer
- John Hefin
Details
- Release date
- 1971-01-01
- Runtime
- 1h 04m
- Genres
- Documentary, History, War
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom