The Bang Bang Club (film)
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The Bang-Bang Club is a 2010 Canadian-South African film written and directed by Steven Silver
and stars Taylor Kitsch
as Kevin Carter
, Ryan Phillippe
as Greg Marinovich
, Frank Rautenbach as Ken Oosterbroek
and Neels Van Jaarsveld as João Silva. They portray the lives of four photojournalists
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. Malin Åkerman
plays the role Robin Comley who does everything she can to publish the horrific pictures as portrayed by them.
The Bang-Bang Club is a film adaptation
of the auto-biographical book The Bang-Bang Club: Snapshots from a Hidden War
co-written by Greg Marinovich and João Silva who were part of the group of four photographers known as Bang-Bang Club
, the other two members being Kevin Carter and Ken Oosterbroek.
members
Other roles
(TIFF). Entertainment One has distribution rights for Canada. Tribeca Film acquired American distribution rights. It will be released theatrically in the States on April 22, 2011.
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...
and stars Taylor Kitsch
Taylor Kitsch
-Early life and modeling career:Kitsch was born in Kelowna, British Columbia. He has two older brothers and two younger half sisters. Originally set to become a professional hockey player, he played for the Langley Hornets in the Canadian BCHL before a bad knee injury ended his career...
as Kevin Carter
Kevin Carter
Kevin Carter was an award-winning South African photojournalist and member of the Bang-Bang Club.-Early life:...
, Ryan Phillippe
Ryan Phillippe
Matthew Ryan Phillippe , better known as Ryan Phillippe, is an American actor. After appearing on the soap opera One Life to Live, he came to fame in the late 1990s starring in a string of films, including I Know What You Did Last Summer, Cruel Intentions, and 54...
as 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...
, Frank Rautenbach as Ken Oosterbroek
Ken Oosterbroek
Ken Oosterbroek , was a South African photojournalist and member of The Bang-Bang Club. He worked for The Star in Johannesburg, which was South Africa's biggest daily broadsheet...
and Neels Van Jaarsveld as João Silva. They portray the lives of four photojournalists
Photojournalism
Photojournalism is a particular form of journalism that creates images in order to tell a news story. It is now usually understood to refer only to still images, but in some cases the term also refers to video used in broadcast journalism...
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, from when Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, and was the first South African president to be elected in a fully representative democratic election. Before his presidency, Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist, and the leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing...
was released from jail to the 1994 elections. Malin Åkerman
Malin Akerman
Malin Maria Åkerman is a Swedish–Canadian actress and model. She was born in Stockholm, Sweden and moved to Canada at the age of two. As a child, she appeared in several television commercials before going on to win a modelling contract at age sixteen...
plays the role Robin Comley who does everything she can to publish the horrific pictures as portrayed by them.
The Bang-Bang Club is 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 auto-biographical book The Bang-Bang Club: Snapshots from a Hidden War
The Bang-Bang Club (book)
The Bang-Bang Club: Snapshots from a Hidden War is an auto-biographical book about the Bang-Bang Club, a group of four South African photographers active within the townships of South Africa during the Apartheid period, particularly between 1990 and 1994....
co-written by Greg Marinovich and João Silva who were part of the group of four photographers known as 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...
, the other two members being Kevin Carter and Ken Oosterbroek.
Plot
The film tells the remarkable and sometimes harrowing story of four young men and the extremes they went to in order to capture their pictures in the crucial days prior to the downfall of Apartheid in South Africa.Cast
The Bang-Bang ClubBang-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...
members
- Taylor KitschTaylor Kitsch-Early life and modeling career:Kitsch was born in Kelowna, British Columbia. He has two older brothers and two younger half sisters. Originally set to become a professional hockey player, he played for the Langley Hornets in the Canadian BCHL before a bad knee injury ended his career...
as Kevin CarterKevin CarterKevin Carter was an award-winning South African photojournalist and member of the Bang-Bang Club.-Early life:... - Ryan PhillippeRyan PhillippeMatthew Ryan Phillippe , better known as Ryan Phillippe, is an American actor. After appearing on the soap opera One Life to Live, he came to fame in the late 1990s starring in a string of films, including I Know What You Did Last Summer, Cruel Intentions, and 54...
as Greg MarinovichGreg MarinovichGreg 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... - Frank Rautenbach as Ken OosterbroekKen OosterbroekKen Oosterbroek , was a South African photojournalist and member of The Bang-Bang Club. He worked for The Star in Johannesburg, which was South Africa's biggest daily broadsheet...
- Neels Van Jaarsveld as João Silva
Other roles
- Malin ÅkermanMalin AkermanMalin Maria Åkerman is a Swedish–Canadian actress and model. She was born in Stockholm, Sweden and moved to Canada at the age of two. As a child, she appeared in several television commercials before going on to win a modelling contract at age sixteen...
as Robin Comley - Patrick Lyster as James NachtweyJames NachtweyJames Nachtwey is an American photojournalist and war photographer.He grew up in Massachusetts and graduated from Dartmouth College, where he studied Art History and Political Science ....
- Russel Savadier as Ronald Graham
Distribution
The film that had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film FestivalToronto International Film Festival
The Toronto International Film Festival is a publicly-attended film festival held each September in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 2010, 339 films from 59 countries were screened at 32 screens in downtown Toronto venues...
(TIFF). Entertainment One has distribution rights for Canada. Tribeca Film acquired American distribution rights. It will be released theatrically in the States on April 22, 2011.