Bang-Bang Club

The Bang-Bang Club was a group of four conflict photographers, Kevin Carter, Greg Marinovich, Ken Oosterbroek, and João Silva, active within the townships of South Africa between 1990 and 1994 during the transition from the apartheid system to democracy.[1] This period included much factional violence, particularly fighting between African National Congress and Inkatha Freedom Party supporters, after the lifting of the bans on both political parties. The Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging and other groups were also involved in the violence.

A film about the group, also titled The Bang Bang Club, directed by Steven Silver premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2010.[2]

  1. ^ Marinovich & Silva 2000, p. ix (9).
  2. ^ Evans, Ian (2010), "The Bang Bang Club premiere – 35th Toronto International Film Festival", DigitalHit.com, retrieved 7 April 2012