The Bang Bang Club
“Sometimes you get too close”
2011•R•1h 46m•6.6•Released
DramaHistory
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.
Director
Steven Silver
Writer
Steven Silver
Languages
Xhosa, English, Afrikaans
Studio
Film Foundry Partners
Cast
Malin Åkerman
Robin Comley
Ryan Phillippe
Greg Marinovich
Taylor Kitsch
Kevin Carter
Frank Rautenbach
Ken Oosterbroek
Neels Van Jaarsveld
Joao Silva
Russel Savadier
Ronald Graham
Ashley Friedlander
Roxy
Patrick Lyster
James Nachtwey
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela
Lika Berning
Vivian
Production
Company
Film Foundry Partners
Producer
Adam Friedlander
Producer
Lance Samuels
Producer
Daniel Iron
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