Sew the Winter to My Skin
(2019)

One Man's Bandit is Another Man's Champion

Released: 2019-02-08

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Set in South Africa's rural Great-Karoo region in the 1950s, this epic existential-adventure film chronicles the exploits of the outlaw John Kepe and the various individuals his escapades affected. This Robin-Hoodesque figure would steal primarily livestock from the white settler farmers, terrorizing them for over a decade. Led by the hardliner General Botha, a mammoth manhunt ensues in the very mountain where Kepe was rumored to occupy a Noah's Ark like cave. This spectacle ingratiated Kepe in the hearts of the marginalized indigenous-population, who turn Kepe's miscreant deeds into the stuff of legend, making him a threat to the very fabric of the colonial society. Sew the Winter to my Skin is a thrilling, operatic ride into the heart of Pre-Apartheid South Africa and is a visceral exploration of the effects of the colonial displacement that sewed the seeds for one of the most viciously racist, political regimes in history.

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Kandyse McClure

as Golden Eyes

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David James

as Frontiersman

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Dave Walpole

as The Scarfaced Kid

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Antoinette Louw

as Mrs. Botha

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Bongile Mantsai

as Fearless the Rabble Rouser

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Zolisa Xaluva

as Black Wyatt Earp

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Mandisa Nduna

as Birthmark

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Gabriel Fredericks

as Dead Man Walking

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