Paddy Docherty

Paddy Docherty is a historian & artist, with a particular interest in the British Empire and the history of film. He was educated at Oxford University and is the author of The Khyber Pass: a History of Empire and Invasion (Faber & Faber, 2007) and Blood and Bronze: the British Empire & the Sack of Benin (Hurst, 2021).

Paddy is represented by Charles Walker at United Agents.

All tagged Empire Film

Apr 13

Apr 13 Empire Film: ‘The Mission’ and the colonisation of history

Paul Docherty

Erasure of the Guaraní makes for a surprising degree of racism in an avowedly progressive film.

Jun 3

Jun 3 Empire Film: fleeing the North West Frontier on a steam-powered metaphor

Paul Docherty

An old-fashioned Empire yarn released into a decolonising world which reveals much about imperial symbolism and the geopolitical anxieties of 1959.

Mar 25

Mar 25 Empire Film: 'Ice Cold in Alex' and the end of British supremacy

Paul Docherty

A war film that reveals much about British anxieties over a transforming world as the imperial age approached its demise and British supremacy was at an end.