Sanders of the River (1935)

19351h 27mdir. Zoltan KordaUnited Kingdomdrama film

Note: this print runs 87 minutes against a recorded 98 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.

With Leslie Banks, Paul Robeson

Directed by Zoltan Korda

Sanders of the River is a 1935 British film directed by the Hungarian-British director, Zoltán Korda, based on the stories of Edgar Wallace. It is set in Colonial Nigeria. The lead Nigerian characters were played by African Americans Paul Robeson and Nina Mae McKinney. The film proved a significant commercial and critical success, giving Korda the first of his four nominations for Best Film at the Venice Film Festival. The Commissioner of Nigeria to London protested the film as slanderous to his country.

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