My Father's War (2016)
In this unique and riveting film, a troubled man has a series of dreams in which he finds himself thrown back to a time before his birth, into the Angolan Border War, as a combat soldier. There he meets his father as a young man, when he was a member of the Special Forces. As they go through combat together, the son gets to know his father in a way he never has, giving him insight and compassion, and he is able to let go of lifelong feelings of abandonment, resentment and anger. This leads to forgiveness and a real-life reconciliation, which drives home the underlying message of this film restoring the hearts of the fathers to the children and the hearts of the children to the fathers.
Director: Craig Gardner
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Stian Bam as Dawid Smit |
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Edwin van der Walt as Benjamin 'Dap' Smit |
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Erica Wessels as Karina Smit |
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Fumani Shilubana as Floyd Mabela |
| Camera | Tom Marais | Director of Photography |
| Production | Myron Lee Nash | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Benjamin Willem | Music |
| Directing | Craig Gardner | Director |
| Production | Peter Lamberti | Producer |
