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Showing next |
Tuesday 7 March at 8pm |
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| Johnny Mad Dog | |||||||||||||||||||||
| director: Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire starring: Carlos Badawi, Teddy Boy, Maxwell Carter |
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Described by Trevor Johnston in Sight & Sound as "a haunting and provocative glimpse into the heart of darkness," Johnny Mad Dog tackles the thorny subject of African child soldiers with intelligence and unflinching directness. The feature debut of French documentary filmmaker Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire, who brings an air of compelling authenticity to the film at all levels, right down to the the use of real former child soldiers in place of trained actors. As Jonathan Romney pointed out in his review in The Independent, the film "evokes not just war's horror, but also its chaotic, vicious and fundamentally infantile nature.' The film won the Regard Hope Award at the 2008 Cannes film festival. |
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| Don't forget you can get information on upcoming DVD releases of the very sort of films we screen at the society and read reviews of the films and discs at our sister site DVD Outsider. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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