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SEW THE WINTER TO MY SKIN

By Jahmil X.t. QUBEKA

Drama - Completed 2018

A rousing, action-adventure-epic set in early 1950’s
rural South Africa, chronicling the captivating chase
and suspenseful capture of the native outlaw, John
Kepe. This self-proclaimed “Samson of the Boschberg”
inevitably became a political threat to the very fabric of
the ruling colonial society.

Festivals
& Awards

Toronto - TIFF 2018

Contemporary World Cinema

Busan IFF 2018

World Cinema

BFI London FF 2018

Thrill

- Year of production
- 2018
- Genres
- Drama, Western
- Countries
- SOUTH AFRICA, GERMANY
- Languages
- No dialog
- Budget
- 1 - 3 M$
- Duration
- 131 mn
- Director(s)
- Jahmil X.t. QUBEKA
- Cast
- Ezra MABENGEZA, Peter KURTH, Kandyse MCCLURE
- Producer(s)
- Layla SWART (SPIER MOVING PICTURES), Michael HENRICHS (DIE GESELLSCHAFT DGS)
- Synopsis
- Inspired by the life and times of John Kepe, the Samson of the Boschberg, SEW THE WINTER TO MY SKIN is a poetic chronicling of the escapades, arrest and trial of the Robin Hood-esque man of the mountain who managed to steal from farmers and elude capture for years during the 1950’s in South Africa.
  Beginning with Kepe’s final mission before capture, SEW THE WINTER TO MY SKIN pieces the legend together from multiple perspectives, including that of the white farmers, the town militia, a torn journalist covering Kepe’s trial, farm labourers and the locals. In his ultimate sacrifice Kepe takes on responsibility for a murder he did not commit in an attempt to ensure a future for the guilty young boy who murdered a farm labourer in order to protect Kepe.
  The film explores the futility of the white settlers’ preoccupation with the preservation and protection of their ideals and physical possessions. It is a film about the search for a hero amongst victimized black people.

SEW THE WINTER TO MY SKIN

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