The Bang Bang Club

The Bang Bang Club (2011)

Sometimes you get too close

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.

Date of release
2011-04-22
TMDB
6.6 / 10 (186)
Runtime
1h 46m
Genres
Drama, History
Director
Steven Silver

Casting

  • Malin Akerman — 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

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