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Sew the Winter to My Skin

One man's bandit is another man's champion

7.2(4)20192h 12m1

Set in South Africa's rural Great-Karoo region in the 1950s, this epic existential-adventure film chronicles the exploits of the outlaw John Kepe and the various individuals his escapades affected. This Robin-Hoodesque figure would steal primarily livestock from the white settler farmers, terrorizing them for over a decade. Led by the hardliner General Botha, a mammoth manhunt ensues in the very mountain where Kepe was rumored to occupy a Noah's Ark like cave. This spectacle ingratiated Kepe in the hearts of the marginalized indigenous-population, who turn Kepe's miscreant deeds into the stuff of legend, making him a threat to the very fabric of the colonial society. Sew the Winter to my Skin is a thrilling, operatic ride into the heart of Pre-Apartheid South Africa and is a visceral exploration of the effects of the colonial displacement that sewed the seeds for one of the most viciously racist, political regimes in history.

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Released
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Language
Afrikaans

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Produced in

Germany, South Africa

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereSeattle International Film Festival8 Jun 2019
  • United KingdomGB

    • PremiereLondon Film Festival19 Oct 2018
  • CanadaCA

    • PremiereToronto International Film Festival8 Sept 2018
  • South AfricaZA

    • Theatrical8 Feb 2019
  • South KoreaKR

    • PremiereBusan International Film Festival7 Oct 2018

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Sew the Winter to My Skin was released on 8 February 2019.

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