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Under the Hanging Tree (2023)
Directed by Perivi Katjavivi
Drama · 1h 30m
Christina Mureti, an impetuous police officer from the city, is transferred to a small desert town in Namibia where she uncovers a series of grizzly animal sacrifices. Then a German farmer is found hung on the same tree where Christina’s ancestors were hung a century ago during Germany’s colonial war with the Herero. Only when Christina begins to learn about her people’s history and embraces some of its cultural wisdom is she able to solve the case.
Cast
Girley Jazama
Dawie Engelbrecht
Roya Diehl
David Ndjavera
Crew
- Director
- Perivi Katjavivi
- Screenplay
- Perivi Katjavivi
- Director of Photography
- Renier du Bruyn
- Editor
- Khalid Shamis
- Producer
- Mpumelelo Mcata, Anna Teeman, Perivi Katjavivi
Details
- Release date
- 2023-01-25
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- AF
- Spoken languages
- Afrikaans, German, English
- Countries
- Namibia
- Production
- Old Location Films, End Street Africa, 3600 Media