The Bang bang club is a drama produced in Canada in 2010, based on a true-life experiences of four photojournalists in South Africa, on the dramatic final days of Apartheid. Working for national newspapers and international agencies, friends Ken Oosterbroek, Kevin Carter, Greg Marinovich and Joao Silva photographed conflicts in the Johannesburg's outskirts. The four gained a nickname of a South African magazine: Bang-Bang Club - a title that was received with resistance initially, but was accepted in the end. This great movie was directed by Steven Silvers, and it was based in João Silva's novel “The Bang bang club: snapshots from a hidden war”. The cast has the charming Ryan Phillippe (The Linconln Lawyer, 2011) as Greg Marinovich, the glamorous Malin Akerman (Watchmen, 2009) as Robin Comley, and the talented Patryck Lyster (Invictus, 2009) as Jim. The soundtrack has Radiohead, Urban Creep and Joe Cuba.
The movie related
Kevin Carter's story, who was amazingly interpreted by Taylor
Kitsch. Kevin was the prizewinning of The Pulitzer Prizer, with a
dramatic photograph about a girl who is dying and a vulture waiting to
eat this girl. This movie brings the South Africa political situation
on final days of Apartheid through the photographer's eyes. During
his quest for the perfect picture, Kevin fell in a clash thinking
about his career. One of the hardest Kevin's quote on movie is
“They're
right. All those people who say it's our job to just sit and watch
people die. They're right”. Interestingly,
it's when Kevin won the Pulitzer Prize that his moral fibre is called
into question.
This movie shows us
a side of war we rarely ever see, the side of the photographer
shooting a camera instead of a gun.
The movie brings to us questioning about how much a life costs.
Taking the pictures starts as a way to make money and survive, win
awards and become famous. Next, it becomes a movie in which the
photographers defend their work, and finally it becomes much more
then just taking pictures, they help people understand what is behind
the war. Their work becomes a way to educate the rest of the world
about what is happening in that part of the world. I recommend this
movie because we can see the situation in South Africa, but mainly
because we can think about the human being, like what sacrifices we
are willing to do, to be the best in our career .
