Sew the Winter to My Skin

One man's bandit is another man's champion

132 mins
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.

Kandyse McClure

Golden Eyes

David James

Frontiersman

Dave Walpole

The Scarfaced Kid

Antoinette Louw

Mrs. Botha

Bongile Mantsai

Fearless the Rabble Rouser

Zolisa Xaluva

Black Wyatt Earp

Nomhlé Nkyonyeni

Old Matriarch

Mandisa Nduna

Birthmark

Gabriel Fredericks

Dead Man Walking

Layla Swart

Producer

Michael Henrichs

Co-Producer

Nikki Wilton

Executive Producer

Axel Hoebel

Set Decoration

Barry Donnelly

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Carolyn Carew

Co-Producer

Emilia Roux

Production Design

Lucky Mkontwana

Boom Operator

Pierre Vienings

Costume Design

Jonathan Kovel

Director of Photography

Justice Nhlapo

Art Direction

Shaun Murdoch

Sound Mixer

Theuns De Wet

Line Producer

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