The Bang Bang Club


1.       In general, what did you like and dislike about the film?
The movie was well done. The movie itself felt real: the conflict, how the white manipulated the black people. Though the photographers were white, they didn’t particularly have a side. They felt like journalists: they only observed and conveyed the message.  
I didn’t like how they centered the story around Greg more than in Kevin (though I can’t really complain if he is one of the book writers).

2.      How does the film make you think about your future role as journalists and film makers/producers/creators/directors?
It is a bit discouraging, watching how journalists transform themselves in empty human shells. Except for Kevin, the other photographers seemed to be in the peak of their lives. Yes, they were messengers of the war zones, but what they really wanted was the fame. Not for nothing they celebrated the Pulitzers. Many times they felt fake: their traumas and worries over the conflict. Greg made himself as a humble character, but I don’t think that’s the real him. It didn’t feel like it.

3.      How have the dreams from the anti-apartheid struggle played out since the ANC has been in power? (Remember to use the article South Africa’s Coming Two-Party System)
Though some of the demands of the Freedom Charter were accomplished, the economy went in the opposite way of what the people expected. The article was clear: “This leftish platform never translated into actual policy implementation. It was abandoned shortly after 1994 as the party embraced neoliberal policies under the Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki governments”.
We, as chileans, know perfectly the ones who are benefited by this economic system. The Gini Coefficient still points at South Africa as the most inequal country in the world. Also, people of the ANC, such as Zuma, used their power in favor of their own interests.
So, there’s still a long way to the South Africa they dreamt about in 1994.

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