Erasure of the Guaraní makes for a surprising degree of racism in an avowedly progressive film.
Paddy Docherty is a historian & artist, with a particular interest in the British Empire and the history of film. He was educated at Oxford University and is the author of The Khyber Pass: a History of Empire and Invasion (Faber & Faber, 2007) and Blood and Bronze: the British Empire & the Sack of Benin (Hurst, 2021).
Paddy is represented by Charles Walker at United Agents.
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Erasure of the Guaraní makes for a surprising degree of racism in an avowedly progressive film.
On July 1st 1919, The Times reported on a trial at the Old Bailey that illustrates the racist violence afflicting the country in that febrile year.