Review of Shepherds and Butchers (2017) by Lee Marshall for Screen Daily — 23 Feb 2021
What stands out in relief from the film’s flat characters and pedestrian storytelling is its dramatic core: the killing machine that death row had become in South Africa by the end of the 1980s, with 164 executions taking place in Pretoria Central Prison in the year in which Shepherds And Butchers is set, 1987.
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This review of Shepherds and Butchers (2017) was written by Lee Marshall and published by Screen Daily on 23 Feb 2021.
Shepherds and Butchers has generally received mixed reviews.
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