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Shot! The Life and Times of Billy Monk

Status: SA. In Development

Synopsis:

1966. South Africa is in the iron grip of White Christian Nationalism. Free thought and association can get you locked up. Or worse. But Billy Monk won’t buckle. He’s poor white trash with a rebel’s heart. As the doorman of a notorious underground club, he photographs unique, iconic images of a hidden, transgressive world. He is a lover and a fighter with the eye of an artist, and somebody who couldn’t go straight even if he tried. And he never tried…

  • Genre: Biopic of an iconic underground photographer 
  • Director: Michael Oblowitz
  • Producer: David Pupkewitz
  • Writer: Malcolm Kohll
  • Status: In Development 
  • Shooting: West Coast/Cape Town

 

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