DON’T LET’S GO TO THE DOGS TONIGHT
(2024, Hist/Drama, S. Africa, 98‘, PG)
Directed by Embeth Davidtz
"Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight" thrusts us into the tumultuous world of 8-year-old Bobo, whose childhood unfolds on her family's Rhodesian farm (now Zimbabwe) as the Bush War rages to its bitter end. Set against this violent backdrop, and seen through her eyes, we witness the family's desperate attachment to Africa's soil and the deep, festering scars of a war that reshapes both land and soul.
In her first film as both actor and director, Embeth Davidtz adapts Alexandra Fuller’s award-winning memoir of life in a white farming family in the last days of Rhodesia’s government. As the 1980 election that would create Zimbabwe approaches, the brittle truce between white landowners and the Black majority workers fractures.
"...Special Mention to [6 year-old] Lexi Ventor for her stunning portrayal of Bobo in 'Don't Let's Go the Dogs Tonight.' Her presence and emotional intelligence offer a child's eye view of the experience Zimbabwe faced as it entered its period of decolonization." -- Jury, Palm Springs International Film Festival.
91% on Rotten Tomatoes.
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