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The Bang Bang Club

The Bang Bang Club

Sometimes you get too close

20116.61h 46m

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.

Directed by Steven Silver
Written by Greg Marinovich, João Silva, Steven Silver
Produced by Adam Friedlander, Lance Samuels, Daniel Iron
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Top Cast

Malin Åkerman

Malin Åkerman

Robin Comley

Ryan Phillippe

Ryan Phillippe

Greg Marinovich

Taylor Kitsch

Taylor Kitsch

Kevin Carter

Frank Rautenbach

Frank Rautenbach

Ken Oosterbroek

Neels Van Jaarsveld

Neels Van Jaarsveld

Joao Silva

Russel Savadier

Russel Savadier

Ronald Graham

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Ashley Friedlander

Roxy

Patrick Lyster

Patrick Lyster

James Nachtwey

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela

Lika Berning

Lika Berning

Vivian

Themes & Keywords

photographersouth africaapartheidbiographycombat photography

About The Bang Bang Club

The Bang Bang Club is a drama, history film released in 2011 exploring themes of photographer, south africa, apartheid, biography, combat photography. Directed by Steven Silver, it stars Malin Åkerman, Ryan Phillippe, Taylor Kitsch. 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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