Sew the Winter to My Skin

Overview

Set in South Africa's rural Great-Karoo region in the 1950s, this epic existential-adventure film chronicles the exploits of the outlaw John Kepe and the various individuals his escapades affected. This Robin-Hoodesque figure would steal primarily livestock from the white settler farmers, terrorizing them for over a decade. Led by the hardliner General Botha, a mammoth manhunt ensues in the very mountain where Kepe was rumored to occupy a Noah's Ark like cave. This spectacle ingratiated Kepe in the hearts of the marginalized indigenous-population, who turn Kepe's miscreant deeds into the stuff of legend, making him a threat to the very fabric of the colonial society. Sew the Winter to my Skin is a thrilling, operatic ride into the heart of Pre-Apartheid South Africa and is a visceral exploration of the effects of the colonial displacement that sewed the seeds for one of the most viciously racist, political regimes in history.

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Cast

Ezra Mabengeza

Runner

Peter Kurth

Botha

Kandyse McClure

Golden Eyes

David James

Frontiersman

David Roland Walpole

The Scarfaced Kid

Antoinette Louw

Mrs. Botha

Bok van Blerk

Simon

Bongile Mantsai

Fearless the Rabble Rouser

Brenda Ngxoli

Mole

Zolisa Xaluva

Black Wyatt Earp