Sew the Winter to My Skin

(2019)

★ 7.2 IMDb · 4 votes

Genres: Adventure, Action

Year: 2019

Runtime: 118 мин

Country: Germany, South Africa

Director: Jahmil X.T. Qubeka

Cast: Ezra Mabengeza, Петер Курт, Кэндис МакКлюр, David James, Дэвид Роланд Уолпол, Antoinette Louw, Bok van Blerk, Bongile Mantsai, Brenda Ngxoli, Zolisa Xaluva

Plot

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.