Interview with UMaine historian part of re-release of ‘Breaker Morant’

An interview with University of Maine history professor Stephen Miller about the Boer War is part of a 35th anniversary edition of “Breaker Morant,” the 1980 film about the court-martial of three Australian army lieutenants for alleged war crimes in South Africa. The film, based on true events, was directed by Bruce Beresford and starred Edward Woodward, Bryan Brown and Jack Thompson. The anniversary edition by The Criterion Collection includes new interviews with Beresford, Brown and cinematographer Donald McAlpine. A Criterion film crew came to UMaine to tape an interview with Miller, chair of the History Department, whose internationally recognized research focuses on the British Empire, military history and South Africa. Information about the re-release of the film is online.