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The Bang Bang Club
MEANRANK
63/100
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 48, highest is AlloCiné on 72. Critics average 48, everyone else 68.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Based on true events, this story follows four photojournalists in South Africa during the violent final days of apartheid. They navigate the treacherous townships, capturing iconic images of the conflict between ANC supporters and the Zulu Inkatha Freedom Party. Immersed in a world of extreme danger, they grapple with the moral dilemma of their profession: the tension between documenting the truth and intervening in the suffering they witness. Their friendships are tested as they chase the perfect, explosive shot that could change the world but might cost them their souls.
Details
- Director
- Steven Silver
- Writer
- Steven Silver
- Studio
- Film Foundry Partners
- Released
- 22 April 2011
- Country
- Canada, South Africa
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Rated
- R
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