| The Last Battle (47 min) Kenya/UK |
[watch trailer] |
Friday 10/17, 8:50 PM (Session 4)
Director/Producer: Jemma Gander
Description:
Filmed over three years, The Last Battle traces the story of a small group of elderly Kenyans in their successful fight to win a full trial against the British government for torture suffered at the hands of the British colonial authorities at the height of the 1950s Mau Mau emergency. With intimate and disturbing interviews, observational footage, photographs and archive, this revelatory and compelling documentary follows the developing legal case and lays bare a history that was deliberately hidden, allowing the central protagonists to tell the world, for the first time, their stories and the barbaric torture, castration and sexual assault they experienced during their time in British run detention camps.
Biography:
Jemma Gander is a British freelance producer and filmmaker who has made films for Al Jazeera, Channel 4 and the BBC. She has over ten years of experience working in UK television, for many of the major independent production companies. She is the producer and director of the film The Last Battle which she filmed in Kenya and the UK over four years.
Contact Information:
e: jemmagander@gmail.com
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