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12th April 2003	political reading By darren i am working on a project and i like someone to tell me some reading materiel to back up or discredit the relism of the film zulu, also the politics of the day
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13th April 2003	Martin Everett Dear darren, Most of the references are given for the topic about 4 below headed - how authentic is the film?
13th April 2003	Peter Ewart Darren As you refer to the political situation with regard to the actual making (and therefore accuracy) of the film, I assume you mean the political atmosphere in S Africa in c1963/4, and therefore the conditions under which the producer and director had to operate? You'll find no difficulty at all in locating any number of works relating to SA politics in the early '60s in any decent reference library. These days you could probably do it without leaving your chair as there are limitless offerings on the web. Have a look at some of the various RSA university sites. Or even start by trying a wordsearch on "apartheid"! The thing to remember is that the film was made shortly before the infamous Rivonia Trial, although (speaking VERY generally) I think racial matters at that time were probably more relaxed in rural Natal then than they were in, say, Jo'burg or the Cape, for example. If you mean the political matters in the Colony & GB at the time of the AZW and its causes, rather than those at the time of the film-making, then most modern scholarly accounts of the war itself will fill you in on those, and you'll quickly see a difference between what you read and what appears briefly in the film. On the other hand, several lines in the film cleverly reveal the politics of 1963 AND 1879 - in both, Adendorff's character is probably the key. Peter
14th April 2003	Diana Blackwell Michael Caine's autobiography ("What's It All About?") contains a few remarks about apartheid and its effect on the film crew.