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Don’t Let’s Go To The Dogs Tonight (2024)

Depicts 8-year-old Bobo's life on her family's Rhodesian farm during the Bush War's final stages. It explores the family's bond with Africa's land and the war's impact on the region and individuals through Bobo's perspective.

Starring Embeth Davidtz, Zikhona Bali and introducing Lexi Venter.

Website: imdb.com
Date: August 30, 2024
Genre: Drama
Director: Embeth Davidtz

Based on Alexandra Fuller’s 2001 memoir.

Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight thrusts us into the tumultuous world of 8-year-old Bobo, whose childhood unfolds on her family’s Rhodesian farm, now Zimbabwe, as the Bush War rages to its bitter end. Set against this violent backdrop, and seen through her eyes, we witness the family’s desperate attachment to Africa’s soil and the deep, festering scars of a war that reshapes both land and soul.

Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival on 30 August 2024. It was also screened as a Gala Presentation at the Toronto International Film Festival on 6 September 2024.

On 26 September, Sony Pictures Classics acquired worldwide distribution rights to the film.

Awards

Nominee 2024 Zurich Film Festival: 

Photographer: Coco van Oppen