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Winning a Continent

Where:

🇿🇦 South Africa

When:

The 1830s

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.

Released in 1916 — 54 minutes

Genres:

Drama History

Language:

No Language