BANG BANG CLUB (THE)
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The Bang Bang Club was the name given to four young photographers, Greg Marinovich, Kevin Carter, Ken Oosterbroek and Joao Silva, whose photographs captured the final bloody days of white rule in South Africa. Two of the four were awarded Pulitzer Prizes. The film tells the remarkable story of these young men and their photo editor, Robin Comley, who looked out for them, protected them and made sure their photographs were seen throughout the world. Based on the book by Marinovich and Silva, The Bang-Bang Club recounts the relationships between the four photograhers, and the stresses, tensions and moral dilemmas of working in situations of extreme violence, pain and suffering. It is also the story of the demise of apartheid and the birth of a new South Africa.
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Steven Silver
Director
Steven Silver began his career in the South African film industry, before writing and co-producing Gerrie & Louise, an Emmy award-winning, feature-length documentary, made for the CBC in 1997. Since then, Silver has continued in documentaries for the History Channel, Discovery Channel, CBC, PBS and the National Film Board. He has also directed six films for Barna-Alper Productions including Box Car Rebellion, Doctor's Strike, The Last Just Man, The Anglo Boer War and The Dark Years. The Bang Bang Club is Silver’s first feature film as director.
35 mm
90 minutes
Colour
Aspect ratio
2.35
Original version in English |
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Producers
Lance Samuels
Daniel Iron
Director and Scriptwriter
Steven Silver
Director of Photography
Miroslaw Baszak
Editor
Ron Sanders
Sound
Nico Louw
Original music
Phillip Miller
Cast
Malin Akerman
Ryan Philippe
Taylor Kitsch
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Production
Foundry Films Inc.
225 Richmond St. W.
Suite 403
Toronto Ontario
M5V 1W2
Canada
(416) 260-3030
(416) 977-8549
info@foundryfilms.ca
Coproduction – South Africa
Out of Africa
29 Roxburghe Ave.
Craighall Park
Johannesburg
2198
South Africa
27 (0) 11 880 4877
27 (0) 11 447 5624
name@outofafrica.info
www.outofafrica.info
Distribution – Canada
E1 Films
175 Bloor St. E.
Suite 1400, North Tower
Toronto Ontario
M4W 3R8
Canada
(416) 646-2400
(416) 646-2399
e1films@e1ent.com
www.e1films.com
Distribution - Germany
Instinctive Film GmbH
Torstraße 125
Berlin
10119
Germany
49 30 21 965570
49 30 21 965572 0
info@instinctivefilm.com
www.instinctivefilm.com
International distribution (except Germany)
E1 Films
175 Bloor St. E.
Suite 1400, North Tower
Toronto Ontario
M4W 3R8
Canada
(416) 646-2400
(416) 646-2399
e1films@e1ent.com
www.e1films.com
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