Angels in the Dust

2007 South African film
  • 2007 (2007)
Running time
95 minutesCountrySouth AfricaLanguageEnglish

Angels in the Dust is a 2007 South African documentary film by filmmaker Louise Hogarth.[1] The film follows Marion Cloete, a university-trained therapist who leaves behind her life of privilege in Johannesburg to build Boikarabelo, a village and school that provides orphaned children with shelter, food and education.[2] The stories of the orphaned children are paralleled with the orphaned elephants of Pilanesberg National Park in South Africa.

Reception

Angels in the Dust won the 2007 Emerging Pictures/Full Frame Audience Award at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.[3] It also won an Audience Award at the Encounters South African International Documentary Festival in 2008. It is produced by Dream Out Loud Films and Participant Productions.

Notes

  1. ^ Tucker, Neely (12 October 2007). "'Angels in the Dust': A Documentary Too Moving to Wither". The Washington Post. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Official website". Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Full Frame 2007 Award Winners". Full Frame website. Archived from the original on 2007-05-01. Retrieved 2007-05-29.
  • Angels in the Dust at Rotten Tomatoes
  • [1]
  • [2]
  • 13 Minute Preview Clip on YouTube
  • [3] imdb


  • v
  • t
  • e