The Bang Bang Club (2011)

04/22/2011 (CA) • 1h 46m

Drama, History

Sometimes you get too close

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.

Top Billed Cast

Malin Åkerman

Robin Comley

Ryan Phillippe

Greg Marinovich

Taylor Kitsch

Kevin Carter

Frank Rautenbach

Ken Oosterbroek

Russel Savadier

Ronald Graham

Patrick Lyster

James Nachtwey

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

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Keywords

photographer

south africa

apartheid

biography

combat photography

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