Sew the Winter to My Skin

Sew the Winter to My Skin

118 mins | Action, Adventure | Feb. 8, 2019

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.

Sew the Winter to My Skin

118 mins | Action, Adventure | Feb. 8, 2019

Sew the Winter to My Skin
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.
IMDb rating 5.4
Producers Yellowbone Entertainment
Original title Sew the Winter to My Skin
Directors Jahmil X.T. Qubeka
Writers Jahmil X.T. Qubeka

Cast

Ezra Mabengeza

as Runner

Peter Kurth

as Botha

Kandyse McClure

as Golden Eyes

David James

as Frontiersman

Dave 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