The Bang Bang Club

1h 46min

Drama

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.

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
Russel Savadier

Russel Savadier

Ronald Graham
Patrick Lyster

Patrick Lyster

James Nachtwey
Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela

Release date

22nd Apr 2011

Status

Released

Spoken languages

, English, Afrikaans, isiZulu