The Zulu's Heart

1908
13m

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The Zulu chief of the Amatabele tribe has an only daughter who dies of fever at age 4; in the opening scene of this Biograph story he is burying her. Scarcely has the poor bereft father laid... Read allThe Zulu chief of the Amatabele tribe has an only daughter who dies of fever at age 4; in the opening scene of this Biograph story he is burying her. Scarcely has the poor bereft father laid the little one in the ground, when the war cry is heard resounding in the hills. There is... Read allThe Zulu chief of the Amatabele tribe has an only daughter who dies of fever at age 4; in the opening scene of this Biograph story he is burying her. Scarcely has the poor bereft father laid the little one in the ground, when the war cry is heard resounding in the hills. There is an uprising and the chief is summoned to action. Tearing himself from the grave of his li... Read all

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A mother and her young daughter are abducted by the Zulus who killed the woman's husband, but their recently bereaved Chief takes pity on them. Griffith's sentimental streak shines through this simple but hokey tale. A decent knife fight between the Chief and one of his braves during the film's climax is the only moment of note in an otherwise unconvincing short.

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Subjective Camera

It is because of D.W. Griffith that we have such a thing as subjective camera. This enables us to see things from the protagonists (or antagonists) point of view in order to get beneath the story. He is kind of like the Chaucer of cinematic language.