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"Angels in the Dust" is a documentary film about [[Boikarabelo]] (formerly Botshabelo Community Development Trust), an orphanage in [[South Africa]] that cares for children who have been orphaned as a result of the [[HIV_in_South_Africa| HIV/AIDS epidemic]].
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'''''Angels in the Dust''''' is a 2007 South African [[documentary film]] by filmmaker [[Louise Hogarth]].<ref>{{cite news
"Angels in the Dust" won the 2007 Emerging Pictures/Full Frame Audience Award at the [[Full Frame Documentary Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fullframefest.org/festival/awards.php|title=Full Frame 2007 Award Winners|work=Full Frame website|accessdate=2007-05-29}}</ref> It is produced by Dream Out Loud Films and [[Participant Productions]].
| last = Tucker| first =Neely | title ='Angels in the Dust': A Documentary Too Moving to Wither | newspaper = The Washington Post| date =12 October 2007 | url =https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/11/AR2007101102311.html | access-date =16 May 2015 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web| title =Official website| url =http://www.takepart.com/angels| access-date =16 May 2015 }}</ref> The stories of the orphaned children are paralleled with the orphaned elephants of [[Pilanesberg National Park]] in [[South Africa]].

== Reception ==
''Angels in the Dust'' won the 2007 Emerging Pictures/Full Frame Audience Award at the [[Full Frame Documentary Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fullframefest.org/festival/awards.php |title=Full Frame 2007 Award Winners |work=Full Frame website |access-date=2007-05-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070501112534/http://www.fullframefest.org/festival/awards.php |archive-date=2007-05-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It also won an Audience Award at the [[Encounters Festival South Africa|Encounters South African International Documentary Festival]] in 2008. It is produced by Dream Out Loud Films and [[Participant Productions]].


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==External links==
*{{rotten-tomatoes|id=angels_in_the_dust|title=Angels in the Dust}}
* [http://angelsinthedust.org]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080518032205/http://www.doactnow.org/]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmpEBPNvN28 13 Minute Preview Clip on YouTube]
* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0494203/] imdb

[[Category:Documentary films about orphanages]]
[[Category:Documentary films about HIV/AIDS]]
[[Category:Films shot in South Africa]]
[[Category:Participant (company) films]]


==External Links==
* [http://www.participantproductions.com/films/In+Development/332/AngelsIntheDust Official Website at Participant Productions]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmpEBPNvN28 13 Minute Preview Clip on YouTube]


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[[Category:AIDS in film and television]]
[[Category:HIV/AIDS]]
[[Category:Orphanages]]

Latest revision as of 20:55, 3 May 2024

Angels in the Dust
Directed byLouise Hogarth
Release date
  • 2007 (2007)
Running time
95 minutes
CountrySouth Africa
LanguageEnglish

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.

Reception

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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.

Notes

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  1. ^ Tucker, Neely (12 October 2007). "'Angels in the Dust': A Documentary Too Moving to Wither". The Washington Post. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Official website". Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Full Frame 2007 Award Winners". Full Frame website. Archived from the original on 2007-05-01. Retrieved 2007-05-29.
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