Four Corners (2014)

Director
Ian Gabriel

Main cast
Irshaad Ally; Brendon Daniels; Jezzriel Skei; Lindiwe Matshikiza; Jerry Mofokeng

Genres
Crime, Thriller

Description
Directed by Ian Gabriel, “Four Corners” revolves around a 13-year-old chess whiz drawn into the Cape Town’s well-known child-gang culture. Touted as the first film to delve into the 100-year-old war between South Africa’s so-called Number gangs, the 26 and the 28, it blends the Sabela, Tsotsi-taal and Cape Afrikaans dialects and mixes established talents with non-actors and first-time thesps from schools and communities across the Cape Flats.


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