Movie
The Bang Bang Club
Overview
In the early to mid '90s, when the South African system of apartheid was in its death throes, four photographers - Greg Marinovich, Kevin Carter, Ken Oosterbroek and João Silva - bonded by their friendship and a sense of purpose, worked together to chronicle the violence and upheaval leading up to the 1994 election of Nelson Mandela as president. Their work is risky and dangerous, potentially fatally so, as they thrust themselves into the middle of chaotic clashes between forces backed by the government (including Inkatha Zulu warriors) and those in support of Mandela's African National Congress.
Details
- Release date
- 2011-04-22
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Film Foundry Partners
- Country
- Canada, South Africa
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Malin Åkerman as Robin Comley
- Ryan Phillippe as Greg Marinovich
- Taylor Kitsch as Kevin Carter
- Frank Rautenbach as Ken Oosterbroek
- Neels Van Jaarsveld as Joao Silva
- Russel Savadier as Ronald Graham
- Ashley Friedlander as Roxy
- Patrick Lyster as James Nachtwey
- Nelson Mandela as Nelson Mandela
- Lika Berning as Vivian
Crew
- Steven Silver - Director
- Steven Silver - Screenplay
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