Shepherds and Butchers

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Series/Themes: Historical Themes, Political and Social Issues

Genre: Drama, International

Film Year: 2016

Locations: South Africa

Film Length: 107 min.

Director: Oliver Schmitz

Featuring: Steve Coogan, Andrea Riseborough, Garion Dowds, Robert Hobbs, Deon Lotz.

Nineteen-year-old Leon, a white prison guard in late 1980s South Africa, recklessly opens fire on a bus, killing seven black men. Reluctantly, expert defense attorney John Weber takes on the case, seemingly headed for an easy conviction. Soon, Weber discovers that Leon worked on death row, both befriending the inmates and having to assist in over 160 of their executions over time. Passionately anti-death penalty, Weber begins to question the traumatic effects of his defendant’s profession. Inspired by true events, Shepherds and Butchers tells the story of a case that had the potential to put South Africa’s entire penal system on trial.

Saturday, November 5
9:00 PM
Other : St. Anne's-Belfield
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Nineteen-year-old Leon, a white prison guard in late 1980s South Africa, recklessly opens fire on a bus, killing seven black men. Reluctantly, expert defense attorney John Weber takes on the case, seemingly headed for an easy conviction. Soon, Weber discovers that Leon worked on death row, both befriending the inmates and having to assist in over 160 of their executions over time. Passionately anti-death penalty, Weber begins to question the traumatic effects of his defendant’s profession. Inspired by true events, Shepherds and Butchers tells the story of a case that had the potential to put South Africa’s entire penal system on trial.

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