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The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club

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The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club
Directed byDan Krauss
Produced byDan Krauss
CinematographyDan Krauss
Production
company
Distributed byCinemax
Release date
  • September 18, 2004 (2004-09-18) (Oakland International Film Festival)
Running time
27 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club, also known as The Life of Kevin Carter, is a 2004 American documentary short film about the suicide of South African photojournalist Kevin Carter. The film is produced and directed by Dan Krauss as a master's project at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.[1] It received a nomination for the Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject.[2][3][4]

Summary

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It describes how Carter, who won the Pulitzer Prize for a photograph of an emaciated African girl being stalked by a vulture, became depressed by the carnage he witnessed as a photographer in war-torn places. In addition, he was devastated by the death of Ken Oosterbroek, a close friend and colleague who was shot and killed while working in the township of Thokoza.

Reception

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In 2006, Maureen Ryan called it "provocative", and noted that it was "surprising(ly) thorough" for a film only a half-hour long, with its short running time being its only weakness.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Edelstein, Wendy (March 1, 2006). "From Johannesburg to the Kodak Theater". UC Berkeley News. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
  2. ^ "The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club (2005)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2009. Archived from the original on July 18, 2009. Retrieved December 7, 2008.
  3. ^ "The 78th Academy Awards (2006) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Archived from the original on November 9, 2014. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
  4. ^ Documentary Winners: 2006 Oscars
  5. ^ Ryan, Maureen (August 15, 2006). "The death of Kevin Carter and one indelible image". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on August 20, 2006. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
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