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The Bang Bang Club

Sometimes you get too close

6.6(186)20111h 46m2

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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Released
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Language
Xhosa
  • photographer
  • south africa
  • apartheid
  • biography
  • combat photography

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Produced in

Canada, South Africa

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalR22 Apr 2011
  • CanadaCA

    • PremiereRToronto International Film Festival15 Sept 2010
    • Theatrical (limited)R6 May 2011
  • ArgentinaAR

    • PhysicalDVD8 Sept 2011
  • BahrainBH

    • Theatrical22 Nov 2012
  • BrazilBR

    • Physical14DVD14 Sept 2011
  • FranceFR

    • Physical12DVD premiere23 Aug 2011
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1223 Jun 2011
  • GreeceGR

    • Theatrical22 Sept 2011
  • HungaryHU

    • TV26 Nov 2011
  • ItalyIT

    • PremiereTorino Film Festival26 Nov 2010
  • JapanJP

    • Theatrical10 Mar 2012
  • RussiaRU

    • Theatrical21 Jun 2012

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The Bang Bang Club was released on 22 April 2011.

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