The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club
Directed byDan Krauss
Produced byDan Krauss
CinematographyDan Krauss
Production
company
Distributed byCinemax
Release date
  • September 18, 2004 (2004-09-18) (Oakland International Film Festival)
Running time
27 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club, also known as The Life of Kevin Carter, is a 2004 American documentary short film about the suicide of South African photojournalist Kevin Carter. The film is produced and directed by Dan Krauss as a master's project at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.[1] It received a nomination for the Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject.[2][3][4]

Summary

It describes how Carter, who won the Pulitzer Prize for a photograph of an emaciated African girl being stalked by a vulture, became depressed by the carnage he witnessed as a photographer in war-torn places. In addition, he was devastated by the death of Ken Oosterbroek, a close friend and colleague who was shot and killed while working in the township of Thokoza.

Reception

In 2006, Maureen Ryan called it "provocative", and noted that it was "surprising(ly) thorough" for a film only a half-hour long, with its short running time being its only weakness.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Edelstein, Wendy (March 1, 2006). "From Johannesburg to the Kodak Theater". UC Berkeley News. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  2. ^ "The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club (2005)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2009. Archived from the original on July 18, 2009. Retrieved December 7, 2008.
  3. ^ "The 78th Academy Awards (2006) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Archived from the original on November 9, 2014. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  4. ^ Documentary Winners: 2006 Oscars
  5. ^ Ryan, Maureen (August 15, 2006). "The death of Kevin Carter and one indelible image". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on August 20, 2006. Retrieved 30 September 2019.

External links

Bang-Bang Club
Films directed by Dan Krauss
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