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The Bang Bang Club

20111h 46mDrama · History
directed by Steven Silver

“Sometimes you get too close”

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6.6 / 10
181 votes
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6.9 / 10
11,853 votes
Metacritic
48 / 100
Rotten Tomatoes
49%

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Synopsis

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.

Cast

Malin Åkerman·Robin Comley
Ryan Phillippe·Greg Marinovich
Taylor Kitsch·Kevin Carter
Frank Rautenbach·Ken Oosterbroek
Neels Van Jaarsveld·Joao Silva
Russel Savadier·Ronald Graham
Ashley Friedlander·Roxy
Patrick Lyster·James Nachtwey
Nelson Mandela·Nelson Mandela
Lika Berning·Vivian