‘SHEPHERDS AND BUTCHERS’ TO BE RELEASED IN THE UNITED STATES
Deon Lotz and Garion Dowds in a scene from the film Shepherds and Butchers. PICTURE: WEB LOCAL PRODUCER Anant Singh and Twentieth Century Fox announced today the acquisition of the United States distribution rights by Fox to the award-winning film, Shepherds and Butchers . The film will be released in the US on various formats, including Digital HD on 24 January 2017, followed by the DVD release on 31 January. Produced by Singh and Brian Cox (who also wrote the screenplay), the movie is helmed by multiple award winning director, Oliver Schmitz - who's worked on Mapantsula and Life, Above All . The film sees Academy Award® nominee, Steve Coogan Philomena as defence attorney, John Weber, while Andrea Riseborough Birdman plays prosecutor, Kathleen Marais. Shining in his role as a 19-year-old death row prison warder is the rising star of the South African film industry, Garion Dowds. The film also sees an ensemble of well-known South African talent inclu...