The Bang-Bang Club (book)
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The Bang-Bang Club: Snapshots from a Hidden War is an auto-biographical book about the Bang-Bang Club
, a group of four South Africa
n photographers active within the townships of South Africa
during the Apartheid period, particularly between 1990 and 1994.
It was co-written by two of the four members of the Bang-Bang Club, Greg Marinovich
and Joao Silva. The foreword
was written by Archbishop Desmond Tutu
.
In 2010, the Canadian director Steven Silver
released a film adaptation
of the book as a full-feature film entitled The Bang-Bang Club.
Bang-Bang Club
The Bang Bang Club was a name primarily associated with four photographers active within the townships of South Africa during the Apartheid period, particularly between 1990 and 1994, from when Nelson Mandela was released from jail to the 1994 elections...
, a group of four South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n photographers active within the townships of South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
during the Apartheid period, particularly between 1990 and 1994.
It was co-written by two of the four members of the Bang-Bang Club, Greg Marinovich
Greg Marinovich
Greg Sebastian Marinovich is an award-winning South African photojournalist, film maker, photo editor, and member of the Bang-Bang Club. He co-authored the book The Bang-Bang Club: Snapshots from a Hidden War, which details South Africa's transition to democracy. In the 1990s, Marinovich worked as...
and Joao Silva. The foreword
Foreword
A foreword is a piece of writing sometimes placed at the beginning of a book or other piece of literature. Written by someone other than the primary author of the work, it often tells of some interaction between the writer of the foreword and the book's primary author or the story the book tells...
was written by Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Desmond Tutu
Desmond Mpilo Tutu is a South African activist and retired Anglican bishop who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid...
.
In 2010, the Canadian director Steven Silver
Steven Silver (film director)
Steven Silver is a film writer, director and producer. He graduated with a law degree from the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa. He started his film career in South Africa and later on in Canada writing and co-producing a feature-length 1997 Canadian Broadcasting...
released a film adaptation
Film adaptation
Film adaptation is the transfer of a written work to a feature film. It is a type of derivative work.A common form of film adaptation is the use of a novel as the basis of a feature film, but film adaptation includes the use of non-fiction , autobiography, comic book, scripture, plays, and even...
of the book as a full-feature film entitled The Bang-Bang Club.