Tag: Escape From Pretoria
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Armando Iannucci, Francis Annan to receive Black Nights’ first Dda Spotlight Awards
New award to recognise diversity and inclusion in cinema.Filmmakers Armando Iannucci and Francis Annan are to be the first recipients of the Dda Spotlight Award at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival in Estonia.The new honour has been established to recognise diversity in inclusion in cinema. UK writer-director Iannucci will be honoured for his latest…
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‘Escape from Pretoria’: Film Review
“You are the white Mandela,” says a ham-faced warden, all but spitting in the face of anti-apartheid activist Tim Jenkin upon his arrival at Pretoria Local Prison in 1978. It’s not intended as a compliment: “The most deluded of them all,” the warden adds, lest it be taken as such. As clunkily deployed in the…
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Daniel Radcliffe Likely Won’t Return to ‘Harry Potter’ Franchise: Those Films Are Doing Just Fine Without Me
Former “Harry Potter” star Daniel Radcliffe is doing just fine starring in indies and offbeat comedies, thank you very much. The actor, who recently spoke with Variety to promote his true-life prison drama “Escape From Pretoria,” talked about his choices post-Hogwarts and why he’s content not to revisit the J.K Rowling franchise ever again. Specifically,…