Winning a Continent

Name: Winning a Continent
Director: Harold M. Shaw
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1916-12-14
Rating: 6.0
Cast: Dick Cruikshanks, Caroline Frances Cooke, Jackie Turnbull, Bobby Rowson, Stephen Ewart

This epic film was one of the first South African dramatic film productions. It tells the story of the Boers’ Great Trek at the end of the 1830s, concluding with a hegemonic reconstruction of the 1838 Battle of Blood River, where a few hundred armed Afrikaners defeated several thousand Zulus.

Director:Harold M. Shaw

6.0

1916

54 mins

Languages:No Language

DramaHistory

Production:

African Film Productions Ltd