Sew the Winter to My Skin

Sew the Winter to My Skin (2019)

AdventureAction

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.

Director: Jahmil X.T. Qubeka

Casts

	Ezra Mabengeza as Runner
	Peter Kurth as Botha
	Kandyse McClure as Golden Eyes
	David James as Frontiersman
	David Roland Walpole as The Scarfaced Kid
	Antoinette Louw as Mrs. Botha
	Bok van Blerk as Simon
	Bongile Mantsai as Fearless the Rabble Rouser
	Brenda Ngxoli as Mole
	Zolisa Xaluva as Black Wyatt Earp
	Nomhlé Nkyonyeni as Old Matriarch
	Carlo Radebe as Rider
	Mandisa Nduna as Birthmark
	Gabriel Fredericks as Dead Man Walking

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