Sew the Winter to My Skin (2019)

Set in South Africas rural GreatKaroo region in the 1950s this epic existentialadventure film chronicles the exploits of the outlaw John Kepe and the various individuals his escapades affected This RobinHoodesque 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 Noahs Ark like cave This spectacle ingratiated Kepe in the hearts of the marginalized indigenouspopulation who turn Kepes 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 PreApartheid 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