

The Bang Bang Club
2011-04-22 · 106 min · ★ 6.6
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.
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- Steven Silver
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- Film Foundry Partners
- Countries
- Canada, South Africa
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Malin AkermanRobin Comley
Ryan PhillippeGreg Marinovich
Taylor KitschKevin Carter
Frank RautenbachKen Oosterbroek
Neels Van JaarsveldJoao Silva
Russel SavadierRonald Graham
Patrick LysterJames Nachtwey
Nelson MandelaNelson Mandela
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