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Feature film — 2011

The Bang Bang Club (2011)

6.61h 46mDrama — History

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.

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Director: Steven Silver

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Cast & crew

Malin Akerman as Robin Comley

Malin Akerman

Robin Comley

Ryan Phillippe as Greg Marinovich

Ryan Phillippe

Greg Marinovich

Taylor Kitsch as Kevin Carter

Taylor Kitsch

Kevin Carter

Frank Rautenbach as Ken Oosterbroek

Frank Rautenbach

Ken Oosterbroek

Neels Van Jaarsveld as Joao Silva

Neels Van Jaarsveld

Joao Silva

Russel Savadier as Ronald Graham

Russel Savadier

Ronald Graham

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Ashley Friedlander

Roxy

Patrick Lyster as James Nachtwey

Patrick Lyster

James Nachtwey

Nelson Mandela as Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela

Lika Berning as Vivian

Lika Berning

Vivian

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