DON’T LET’S GO TO THE DOGS TONIGHT
Section: Gala Presentations
Director: Embeth Davidtz
Logline: Based on the book of the same name., Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight is a memoir by British-Rhodesian author Alexandra Fuller about her childhood in Africa during the 1970s and 1980s.
Panelists: Dir. – Embeth Davidtz
Key quotes: “The movie’s based on a memoir by the same name [by Alexandra Fuller], which is really the story of a young girl growing up in Africa, in Rhodesia, specifically at the time that the changeover happened from Rhodesia to Zimbabwe, and when they gained independence. I read the book and fell in love with it. A lot of it resonated with me because I moved to South Africa when I was eight years old. There are a lot of similarities between Zimbabwe and South Africa. I just really related to the central character of this young, spunky little girl and so I wrote the screenplay with her as the voice and as the narrator, telling the story of that African childhood from her point of view.” – Embeth Davidtz
Sales Agent: Creative Artists Agency (CAA)
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