The Flame Trees of Thika - Mini-Series (1981) DVD

Based on Elspeth Huxleys beloved memoir of an African childhood. When a young Edwardian family leaves the shores of England to build a home in the wilderness of East Africa, what they encounter is beyond their imagination, but forever remembered through the eyes of their 11-year-old daughter. Stars Hayley Mills. 2 DVDs, 350 mins.