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Edinburgh International Film Festival · 2011

Edinburgh International Film Festival 2011

Conflict and Reportage

A strand exploring modern conflict reportage.

Programme

3 films · 2 reviews

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The Bang Bang Club

Review preview for The Bang Bang Club

Silver offers no easy way out of his moral maze, just an unflinching look at conflict and its impact both on the perpetrators and those who watch.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
The story of combat photographers in South Africa's apartheid era.

(Country: Canada, South Africa; Year: 2010; Director: Steven Silver; Writer: Steven Silver; Stars: Malin Akerman, Ryan Phillippe, Taylor Kitsch, Patrick Lyster, Frank Rautenbach, Russel Savadier, Neels Van Jaarsveld)

Full review See: Tribeca Film Festival Day One: The Bang Bang Club, Point Blank and Last Night

Hell And Back Again

Review preview for Hell And Back Again

The photography is sumptuous throughout - we often forget that this is a documentary, such is the quality of the footage.

Scott Macdonald · 3 out of 5
A documentary examining one soldier's experiences after he is taken out of action by a serious injury.

(Country: US, UK; Year: 2011; Director: Danfung Dennis) , Official site , Trailer

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Salvador

Journalists become embroiled in the politics of Civil War.

(Country: UK, US; Year: 1986; Director: Oliver Stone; Writer: Oliver Stone, Rick Boyle; Stars: James Woods, James Belushi, Michael Murphy, John Savage, Elpidia Carrillo, Tony Plana, Colby Chester, Cynthia Gibb, Will MacMillan, Valerie Wildman, José Carlos Ruiz, Jorge Luke, Juan Fernández, Salvador Sánchez, Rosario Zúñiga)