PREVIEW: I Am All Girls (18)

WHO’S IN IT?

Hlubi Mboya (Dora’s Peace), Erica Wessels (My Father’s War), Deon Lotz (Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom), Masasa Mbangeni (Machine Gun Preacher), Mothusi Magano (Hotel Rwanda), Cindy Swanepoel (Fiela se Kind), Ben Kruger (No Hero), Khutjo Green (film debut), J.P. du Plessis (Bond of Blood), Kaseran Pillay (Shotgun Garfunkel), Tamarin du Toit (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Donovan Marsh (Spud), director; Wayne Fitzjohn (film debut) and Jarrod de Jong (Tjoklitbeksoentjies) writers, producers; Marcell Greeff (film debut) and Emile Leuvennink (film debut), writers; Jozua Malherbe (Griekwastad), Lucia Meyer-Marais (Night Drive) and Simon Swart (6 Below), producers; Brendan Jury (Nothing for Mahala), composer; Trevor Calverley (Sink), cinematographer; Lucian Barnard (Uitvlucht), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

During a hunt to bring down a global child trafficking ring, a relentless special crimes investigator (Mboya) forms an unlikely bond with a mysterious serial killer who is also targeting the same perpetrators…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

While the themes and topics may be triggering for some, this dark South African crime thriller contains action and suspense which leaves you feeling both uneasy and utterly enthralled.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 14TH MAY 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON NETFLIX

 

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