South Africa
2011/35mm/106mins — AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE
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The incredible true story of four photographers who risked their lives and their sanity to snap some of the most powerful images of the decade.
As the curtain came down on apartheid in South Africa in the 1990s, the country was wracked by brutality and violence, struggling towards the first free elections of a new era. Photographer Greg Marinovich – played in the film by Ryan Phillippe – teamed up with three other photographers to cover the tribal fighting that took place between Inkartha and ANC supporters in the Soweto townships, with peace-keepers unable to do much more than pick up the bodies. Director Steven Silver mixes gritty recreations of the action with accounts of the personal lives of the four men.
Screenings at Toronto, Tribeca
“Silver’s impressive film manages to balance politics, visceral action, photography, boozy antics and moral dilemmas.” Mark Adams, ScreenDaily
“These men were more than eyewitnesses to apartheid, but also adrenaline junkies who put themselves in harm’s way” Peter Debruge, Variety
Writer/Director Steven Silver Producers Adam Friedlander, Daniel Iron
Cast Ryan Phillippe, Malin Akerman, Taylor Kitsch Print Source Pinnacle Films
