tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post5671078439267763258..comments2024-03-18T15:52:46.631+00:00Comments on Liberal England: TV Film of the Week: Guns at BatasiJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-38989785312235246602008-09-22T11:09:00.000+01:002008-09-22T11:09:00.000+01:00The film was fairly even-handed in its treatment o...The film was fairly even-handed in its treatment of Africans and Brits, I seem to recall, at a time when British movies were still patronising our colonial subjects. It also had a go at a certain kind of politician who exploited the colonial situation.<BR/><BR/>What a pity the film-makers did not keep the title of Robert Holles's book: "Siege of Battersea". :-)<BR/><BR/>Two other things I remember about seeing the film for the first time: the appearance of John Leyton, who was then better-known as a pop star; and the accompanying short, a tender Russian study of a young boy in a one-parent family. I wish I could identify it on IMDb.Frank Littlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12447989626809704972noreply@blogger.com