Simba (1955)

When an Englishman (Dirk Bogarde) returns to Kenya to visit his brother, he finds his brother has been brutally murdered by the Mau Mau terrorists. Instead of returning to England, he stays on and takes over his brother's farm. Several films were made around this time dealing with the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya (SOMETHING OF VALUE, SAFARI) but this film, though well intentioned, is rather tiresome. While the murderous activities of the Mau Mau are reprehensible, the whites (at least as portrayed in this film) are a rather racist and stupid lot. It's the kind of film where black characters are on the fringe of everything while the concentration is on the Caucasians, who fret "Oh dear, what are we going to do with these blacks who want independence?". The message is brotherhood but with the exception of one educated black doctor (Earl Cameron, SAPPHIRE), the blacks are portrayed as simple or vengeful. Directed by Brian Desmond Hurst (the 1951 SCROOGE). With Virginia McKenna, Donald Sinden, Basil Sydney and Marie Ney.