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Zulu (1964)
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The Zulu forces were generally grouped into 3 levels: regiments, corps of several regiments, and "armies" or bigger formations, although the Zulu did not use these terms in the modern sense. Although size distinctions were taken account of, any grouping of men on a mission could collectively be called an impi, whether a raiding party of 100 or horde of 10,000. Numbers were not uniform, but dependent on a variety of factors including assignments by the king, or the manpower mustered by various clan chiefs or localities. A regiment might be 400 or 4000 men. These were grouped into Corps that took their name from the military kraals where they were mustered, or sometimes the dominant regiment of that locality.
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Zulu was made in 1964 when `epic' meant just that. You got blazing action along with unforgettable displays of bravery, courage and honour, features that seem to be missing from cinema of late. ...read the complete Zulu movie review at Edinburgh U Film Society (Gordon Johnston)
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Saul David is the author of Zulu: The Heroism and Tragedy of the Zulu War of 1879 (Penguin, £8.99). He was the programme consultant for the recent Timewatch documentary 'Zulu -The True Story'. His latest book, Victoria's Wars: The Rise of Empire (Viking, £25), is published in May 2006. For more information on these titles, or to purchase your copy online, click here.
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Shaka Zulu, as an epic, is an historical drama which evokes cultural memory through oral repetition, amplification and re-creation (Sienaert 1987:1), where historical facts "have the importance fiction gives them" (Sienaert 1987:18). Following Northrop Frye (1957), common to cinematic and television epics are:
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If you watch only the first two minutes of 'Zulu', it will be worth your while. The superbly dramatic theme music, followed immediately by Richard Burton's striking Welsh narration, are utterly entrancing. The rest of the film is not bad, either!
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Faced with 4,000 Zulu soldiers, 139 British troops managed to fend off the natives, holed up in a small thatched-roof hut with a little fence. ...read the complete Zulu movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)
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