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Your history textbook lied about this revolution.
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A Time There Was: Stories from the Last Days of Kenya Colony (2009)

haunting oral historycolonial reckoningquietly devastating

Overview

Documentary

A look at the Mau Mau Rebellion of the 1950s as experienced by filmmaker Donald McWilliams.

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Standout Aspects

Direction

McWilliams turns personal pilgrimage into political archaeology

Writing

Narration that knows when to shut up and listen

Best for:Solo: Late night, full attention, maybe tissues·Streaming: When you're ready to unlearn something
Heads up:Violence: Survivor testimonies of torture and detention camps·Triggers: Colonial atrocities described in unflinching detail
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Director

Donald McWilliams

ReleasedJan 1, 2009
Runtime1h 27m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Paceslow
Intensitymedium
Tonedark
Feelheavy
ONF | NFB

Top Cast

Achhroo Ram Kapila

Achhroo Ram Kapila

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John Nottingham

John Nottingham

Self

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Trivia

McWilliams spent decades returning to Kenya, building trust with survivors who had refused all previous interviewers.

Cultural

Released the same year the Mau Mau finally won legal recognition in British courts—making this both elegy and evidence.

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