A Very British Way
of Torture
(1×60′, Channel 4)
A Very British Way of Torture,
Rogan Productions, 1 x 60'
Director
Grierson Awards Shortlist, Best History Documentary, 2023
★★★★★ ‘Disturbing…paints a bleak and distressing picture of abuses carried out by the British against the Mau Mau’ – Mail on Sunday
★★★★ ‘Sobering…offers insight and empathy regarding the British colonisation of Kenya’ – The Daily Telegraph
Film exploring the use of torture by the British in the dying days of colonial rule rule in 1950s Kenya.
Featuring testimony from some of the last remaining Mau Mau survivors, the film combines recon, archive and new documentary evidence to give for the first time a full picture of how torture was used and authorised by British officials.
‘Powerful’, Pick of the Day – The Sun
Pick of the Day – The Observer
Pick of the Day – The Guardian
Sunday Choice – Radio Times
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