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A Time There Was: Stories from the Last Days of Kenya Colony(2009)
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Date: 2009-01-01
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A look at the Mau Mau Rebellion of the 1950s as experienced by filmmaker Donald McWilliams.
Languages: English, Swahili.
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Movie: A Time There Was: Stories from the Last Days of Kenya Colony
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Achhroo Ram Kapila
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Donald McWilliams
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John Nottingham
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A look at the Mau Mau Rebellion of the 1950s as experienced by filmmaker Donald McWilliams.
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2009-01-01
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