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How Oct. 7 shaped a film about Zimbabwe’s Civil War

JL;DR SUMMARY Embeth Davidtz, renowned for roles like Helen Hirsch in "Schindler's List," delves into filmmaking with her directorial debut "Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight," inspired by Alexandra Fuller's memoir of a conflicted childhood in Zimbabwe. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HamasSteven SpielbergOctober 7South AfricaWar Of IndependenceZimbabweEmbeth DavidtzDon't Let's Go To The Dogs TonightAlexandra Fuller

Places mentioned

New Jersey, United States
"When she was 8, she moved from bucolic New Jersey, with its rolling green hills and yellow school buses, to her fathers home country of South Africa."
South Africa
"to her fathers home country of South Africa."
Zimbabwe
"about growing up in Zimbabwe during and after its War of Independence in the 1970s"
Poland
"Filming Schindlers List on location in Poland, Davidtz remembers seeing antisemitic graffiti"
Shanghai, China
"1987s Empire of the Sun, about a young boy coming of age during Japans invasion of Shanghai"

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