The Bang Bang Club 2011

Sometimes you get too close

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Drama History

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.

Release Date 2011-04-22
Runtime 1h 46m
Director Steven Silver
Producers Lance Samuels, Adam Friedlander, Daniel Iron, Claire Welland, Neil Tabatznik, Steven Silver, Chris Ouwinga, Kweku Mandela, Laszlo Barna, Patrice Theroux, Jannie van Wyk, Darryn Welch, Ahmed Omar Carrim, Lal Bharwey, Shabir Carrim
Writers Steven Silver, Greg Marinovich, João Silva