Men of Africa

1940 28m Dir. Alexander Shaw

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A 1940 black and white film, production sponsored by the Colonial Empire Marketing Board. 'The East African colonies are introduced as representative examples of the Colonial Empire. A tribal dance hints at the "life of fear and uncertainty" replaced by British rule, a village's "squalor" the need for continued war on "ignorance, poverty and disease." "Much can be achieved by money and the initiative of the White Man:" film hints at hydro-electric schemes, modern harbours (Mombasa), roads, bridges etc and illustrates in more detail hospital expansion; tsetse fly research and control; relieving malnutrition; agricultural improvement; education (primary school; Makerere College)." - Abridged version of synopsis on colonialfilm.org

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Year
1940
Runtime
28m
Director
Language
EN

Cast

🎬 Alexander Shaw 👤 Malcolm McDonald 👤 Leslie Mitchell

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Men of Africa has a runtime of 28m ( and 28 minutes).
Men of Africa was directed by Alexander Shaw and released in 1940.
The cast of Men of Africa includes Malcolm McDonald, Leslie Mitchell.

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