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The blanks in the bang bang
The film about the famous group of photographers is missing context behind the violence of the time.
For many in Thokoza, ‘it’s still a shitty life’
The brutal fighting between the ANC and the IFP has ended, but other than that the place in Thokoza where Greg Marinovich was shot hasn’t changed.
Perspective of a medical professional
An orthopaedic surgeon answers whether photo-journalist Joao Silva will be able to continue his career, following his brush with death.
No end to Silva streak
Though he stepped on a land mine in Afghanistan, the show is not over for João Silva.
The Bang Bang Club relives apartheid’s last days
In the final years of apartheid, four South African photojournalists went to extraordinary lengths to capture the horrors of poverty and violence.
Post-apartheid at the movies
A sci-fi blockbuster that’s also an allegory of apartheid? <i>District 9</i> is the biggest of a glut of films about South Africa’s traumatic past.