Something of Value (1957)

Directed by

Richard Brooks

Genre

drama film, war film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 53m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A white colonial man and a native Kenyan man who grew up together find themselves on opposite sides of the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya. The film shows how colonialism and different beliefs about life pull them apart.

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What happens

Something of Value is a 1957 American drama film directed by Richard Brooks and starring Rock Hudson, Dana Wynter, and Sidney Poitier. The film was reissued under the title Africa Ablaze. The film, based on the book of the same name by Robert Ruark, portrays the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya. It shows the colonial and native African conflict caused by colonialism and differing views on how life should be lived. It stars Rock Hudson as colonial man Peter McKenzie and Sidney Poitier as native Kenyan Kimani Wa Karanja. The two men grew up together but have drifted apart at maturity. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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