In 1974, when it seemed as though everyone was leaving South Africa, Embeth Davidtz’s family was going back. Davidtz, a ...

Writer-director Embeth Davidtz offers a beguiling film inspired by Alexandra Fuller’s 2001 memoir about her childhood in ...

Seven-year-old performer Lexi Venter delivers a feral, unforgettable performance in "Schindler's List" actor Embeth Davidtz’s ...

Based on the bestselling memoir of the same name by Alexandra Fuller, the film “Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight” explores a violent period of transition in Zimbabwe’s history — through the eyes of ...

The film tells the story of Rhodesia’s transformation from British colony into the independent nation of Zimbabwe through a ...

It took Embeth Davidtz six years to bring "Don't Let's Go To The Dogs Tonight" to the big screen. It's based on a 2001 memoir ...

Embeth Davidtz was a hard-working actress, and then she found her voice as a writer/director. Thanks to a cancelled series, ...

The family drama elegantly realized in “Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight” is relayed entirely through the perspective of Bobo (Lexi Venter), a white child who witnesses her mother spinning out ...

Alexandra Fuller‘s bestselling 2001 memoir of growing up in Africa is so cinematic, full of personal drama and political upheaval against a vivid landscape, that it’s a wonder it hasn’t been ...

Alexandra Fuller’s new book is not your typical grief memoir ‘Fi,’ written in the aftermath of her son’s sudden death at 21, is terrifying, profound and defiantly enthralling ...

In “Fi,” Alexandra Fuller describes the sudden death of her 21-year-old. By David Sheff David Sheff is the author of “Beautiful Boy: A Father’s Journey Through His Son’s Addiction ...

Alexandra Fuller’s gutsy, desperate book, “Fi: A Memoir,” is both hard to pick up (due to the pain of its subject matter: the sudden death of a beloved, healthy son) ...