Underplayed Gems

Alison (2016)

Alison poster
Directed by
Uga Carlini
Genre
documentary film
Country
South Africa
Runtime
1h 20m
Rated
18A
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 22 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A South African woman recounts her experience of being abducted and violently attacked in 1994 and how she survived. The documentary features interviews with her as an older woman reflecting on the event.

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What happens

Alison is a 2016 South African documentary film directed, written and produced by Uga Carlini. The film is based on the real life abduction, gang rape, stabbings, abandonment and then survival of Alison Botha in 1994. Botha appears as her older self. The film premiered at the Dances with Films Festival in 2016. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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