Acting
Ken Gampu's silent fury speaks volumes.
Cinematography
Kalahari landscapes that swallow characters whole.
Direction
Uys makes you complicit in every moral choice.

Director
Jamie Uys
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Banned in apartheid South Africa for showing a Black protagonist outsmarting white 'justice.' Uys smuggled prints out illegally.
Stanley Baker took a pay cut to fund this—he'd just starred in Zulu and wanted to complicate colonial narratives.