
The Bang Bang Club
Steven Silver, 2010
The Bang Bang Club
Greg Marinovich, João Silva, 2000
The Bang Bang Club is a movie directed by Steven Silver in 2010 and based on the book The Bang Bang Club: Snapshots from a Hidden War by Greg Marinovich and João Silva, first published in 2000. The movie features Ryan Phillippe, Malin Akerman, Taylor Kitsch, Neels van Jaarsveld, Frank Rautenbach, Nina Milner, and others.
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Storyline
The film tells the story of four young men and the extremes they went to in order to capture their pictures in the days prior to the downfall of apartheid in South Africa. Based on the true-life experiences of Greg Marinovich, Kevin Carter, Ken Oosterbroek and Joao Silva.
Movie vs Book

Year
2010
Minutes
106
Movie Rate
7.00
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Bang Bang Club
Director: Steven Silver
Country: Canada
Year: 2010
Length: 1h46m
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Year
2000
Pages
254
Book Rate
8.46
S: Goodreads
Book
The Bang Bang Club
Subtitle: Snapshots from a Hidden War
Author: Greg Marinovich, João Silva
Country: South Africa
First published in: 2000
Length: 254 pages
Genre: Biography
User polls & recommendations
“The graphic novel is a great form that can be used to marry the book format with the movie.”
MELVIN VAN PEEBLES (Actor)
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