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The African Queen

The African Queen: Does this film correctly portray colonial life in Africa during World War I, or are the pipes and rapids too distracting? On today’s episode Adam, Ben, and John bust their boilers, while navigating this 1951 Technicolor classic.This film is available on: Amazon Video, Google Play, Netflix, Vudu, and YouTube.You can find the next film, Clear and Present Danger on: Amazon Video, Google Play, iTunes, Netflix, Vudu, YouTube, and your local library.

A history podcast with a twist: Friendly Fire uses war movies as a point of entry on not only the history of war, but the history of how societies think about war. John Roderick, Adam Pranica and Benjamin Ahr Harrison dissect movies from throughout the history of cinema, talk about film production, pedantic quibbles with costumes and airplanes, and keep you laughing the entire time.