Winning a Continent

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Release date: December 14, 1916
Duration: 54 minutes
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Overview

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.

Starring

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Caroline Frances Cooke
Lenie Retief