Shepherds and Butchers (2016)

Directed by

Oliver Schmitz

Genre

drama film

Country

South Africa, Germany

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

12

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 77 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A lawyer defends a white prison guard who has shot seven black men in a van. The case forces the lawyer to confront South Africa's history of capital punishment and its effects on people.

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What happens

Shepherds and Butchers is a 2016 South African drama film directed by Oliver Schmitz. It was shown in the Panorama section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. It is an adaptation of the debut novel of the same name by Chris Marnewick, a New Zealand-based author and former South African High Court barrister and judge. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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