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Nearing the end of apartheid in South Africa, a young white prison guard (Garion Dowds) embarks on a seemingly motiveless shooting that sees to the death of seven unarmed black men.
Mar 23, 2017 · SHEPHERDS AND BUTCHERS follows a jaded lawyer, John Weber (Steve Coogan), who takes on a seemingly hopeless multiple murder case and uncovers scandalous shortcomings in South Africa's capital punishment system as he mounts a defense for a prison guard traumatized by the executions he took part in.
Sep 27, 2020 · South Africa, 1987. When Leon, a white 19-year-old prison guard commits an inexplicable act of violence, killing seven black men in a hail of bullets, the outcome of the trial - and the court’s ...
When Leon, a white 19-year-old prison guard killing seven black men in a hail of bullets. Hotshot lawyer John Weber reluctantly takes on the unwinnable case....
A lawyer (Steve Coogan) takes on the murder case of a prison guard traumatized by the executions he took part in.
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About this movie arrow_forward Steve Coogan stars in this courtroom thriller as a British barrister taking on a seemingly unwinnable case defending a traumatized correctional officer...
Feb 13, 2016 · Feb 13, 2016 11:30am PT. Berlin Film Review: ‘Shepherds and Butchers’. Oliver Schmitz, one of South Africa's essential directors, delivers a mix of emotional acuity and overkill with this death...
