The Bang Bang Club (2011)

  • R
  • 04/22/2011 (US)
  • Drama, History
  • 1h 46m

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.

Steven Silver

Director, Screenplay

Greg Marinovich

Novel

João Silva

Novel

Cast

Malin Åkerman's headshot

Malin Åkerman

Robin Comley
Ryan Phillippe's headshot

Ryan Phillippe

Greg Marinovich
Taylor Kitsch's headshot

Taylor Kitsch

Kevin Carter
Frank Rautenbach's headshot

Frank Rautenbach

Ken Oosterbroek
Neels Van Jaarsveld's headshot

Neels Van Jaarsveld

Joao Silva
Russel Savadier's headshot

Russel Savadier

Ronald Graham
Ashley Friedlander's headshot

Ashley Friedlander

Roxy
Patrick Lyster's headshot

Patrick Lyster

James Nachtwey

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