These films are collectively essayed in Chapter 10 “Hurst and conflict on film” and this will be considered in more detail below. It is a conflict in which many Canadians served and perished alongside British, Irish and US troops. But this approach could have been followed through when Hurst’s film Simba (1955) about the Mau Mau rebellion in Kenya is discussed (pages 324-31). An “Epilogue on conflict on film” (page 337) appears unexpectedly at the end of Chapter 10. The authors have also done an excellent job in compiling a rich visual and archival resource of Hurst film ephemera for a selection of his work.

Source: The Irish Times January 22, 2018 06:33 UTC