

Sew the Winter to My Skin
Visit website7.2/10 • 4
2019-02-08 • 2h 12m
One man's bandit is another man's champion
Set in South Africa's rural Great-Karoo region in the 1950s, this epic existential-adventure film chronicles the exploits of the outlaw John Kepe and the various individuals his escapades affected. This Robin-Hoodesque figure would steal primarily livestock from the white settler farmers, terrorizing them for over a decade. Led by the hardliner General Botha, a mammoth manhunt ensues in the very mountain where Kepe was rumored to occupy a Noah's Ark like cave. This spectacle ingratiated Kepe in the hearts of the marginalized indigenous-population, who turn Kepe's miscreant deeds into the stuff of legend, making him a threat to the very fabric of the colonial society. Sew the Winter to my Skin is a thrilling, operatic ride into the heart of Pre-Apartheid South Africa and is a visceral exploration of the effects of the colonial displacement that sewed the seeds for one of the most viciously racist, political regimes in history.
- Directors
- Jahmil X.T. Qubeka
- Writters
- Jahmil X.T. Qubeka
- Editors
- Jahmil X.T. Qubeka, Layla Swart

Sew the Winter to My Skin
Visit website2019-02-08 • 2h 12m
7.2/10 • 4
One man's bandit is another man's champion
Set in South Africa's rural Great-Karoo region in the 1950s, this epic existential-adventure film chronicles the exploits of the outlaw John Kepe and the various individuals his escapades affected. This Robin-Hoodesque figure would steal primarily livestock from the white settler farmers, terrorizing them for over a decade. Led by the hardliner General Botha, a mammoth manhunt ensues in the very mountain where Kepe was rumored to occupy a Noah's Ark like cave. This spectacle ingratiated Kepe in the hearts of the marginalized indigenous-population, who turn Kepe's miscreant deeds into the stuff of legend, making him a threat to the very fabric of the colonial society. Sew the Winter to my Skin is a thrilling, operatic ride into the heart of Pre-Apartheid South Africa and is a visceral exploration of the effects of the colonial displacement that sewed the seeds for one of the most viciously racist, political regimes in history.
- Directors
- Jahmil X.T. Qubeka
- Writters
- Jahmil X.T. Qubeka
- Editors
- Jahmil X.T. Qubeka, Layla Swart
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsEzra Mabengeza
Runner
Peter Kurth
Botha
Kandyse McClure
Golden Eyes
David James
Frontiersman
Dave Walpole
The Scarfaced Kid
Antoinette Louw
Mrs. Botha
Bok van Blerk
Simon
Bongile Mantsai
Fearless the Rabble Rouser
Brenda Ngxoli
Mole
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