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| Angels in the Dust | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Louise Hogarth |
Release date | 2007 |
Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | South Africa |
| Language | English |
Angels in the Dust is a 2007 South African documentary film by filmmaker Louise Hogarth. [1] The film follows Marion Cloete, a university-trained therapist who leaves behind her life of privilege in Johannesburg to build Boikarabelo, a village and school that provides orphaned children with shelter, food and education. [2] The stories of the orphaned children are paralleled with the orphaned elephants of Pilanesberg National Park in South Africa.
Angels in the Dust won the 2007 Emerging Pictures/Full Frame Audience Award at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. [3] It also won an Audience Award at the Encounters South African International Documentary Festival in 2008. It is produced by Dream Out Loud Films and Participant Productions.
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