Harold M. Shaw
Director
Winning a Continent (1916)
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.
Keywords: imdb.1830s, imdb.south-africa, imdb.boers
Watch Providers: Kanopy
Production Companies: African Film Productions Ltd
Country: South Africa
Languages:
No Language,
Afrikaans
Recommendations
Runtime: 54 min.
Released: Dec. 14, 1916
Status: Released
Certification: NR